What “other messages”? Did any of them say “Carson is out”, or did they say “Carson is taking a break from campaigning after Iowa”. Because one would be a lie and the other true, no matter when it was sent.
The Carson camp said he would go home to Florida before moving on the NH. It was spun that he was ‘taking a break’, then it was spun that he was ‘quitting’.
No matter, the Carson message to the Cruz camp was unequivocal in that he was not quitting, and this message was transmitted and confirmed by the Cruz campaign chief BEFORE the same chief decided to cheat and send the spun ‘quitting’ version direct to the 1500 precinct captains without even going through his staff.
It’s very clear he saw an opportunity to take advantage of the confusion and in so doing revealed himself to be a scumbag.