The light... it burns, it burrnnnnnsssss usssss....
Posted on 02/04/2016 2:55:15 PM PST by Enlightened1
New audio obtained exclusively by Breitbart News indicates that as the Iowa caucuses began on Monday night, the Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) campaign called precinct captains informing them that Dr. Ben Carson was suspending campaigning, and instructing them to tell voters they should "not waste a vote on Ben Carson and vote for Ted Cruz."
The calls were placed after the Carson campaign had already clarified that Carson was not suspending his campaign.
Nancy Bliesman, a precinct captain for Cruz in Crawford County, Iowa, told Breitbart News that she received two voice mails-one at 7:07 p.m. Central Standard Time (CST), and one at 7:29 p.m.-on the night of the Iowa caucuses, which began at 7:00 p.m.
The first call came from a woman with a phone number out of Galveston, Texas at 7:07 p.m. (transcript follows audio): [inaudible]...from the Ted Cruz campaign, calling to get to a precinct captain, and it has just been announced that Ben Carson is taking a leave of absence from the campaign trail, so it is very important that you tell any Ben Carson voters that for tonight, uh, that they not waste a vote on Ben Carson, and vote for Ted Cruz. He is taking a leave of absence from his campaign. All right? Thank you. Bye.
The second voicemail was left at 7:29 p.m. from an Iowa phone number that Breitbart News traced back to a Cruz campaign volunteer hotline.
Hello, this is the Cruz campaign with breaking news: Dr. Ben Carson will be [garbled] suspending campaigning following tonight's caucuses. Please inform any Carson caucus goers of this news and urge them to caucus for Ted instead. Thank you. Good night.
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One result here is that we see that supporters are willing to lie for their candidate, except for Carson supporters, none of whom have come forward to claim they changed their vote, even though they could lie, get away with it, and be a celebrity. Kudos to Carson and his supporters!
Ditto and well said!
It will play out just fine, either way. You are hysterical.
The one at fault here is Ben Carson.
The light... it burns, it burrnnnnnsssss usssss....
He WAS suspending his campaign.
This is nothing.
Taking time off from the campaign, even temporarily, is SUSPENDING it.
Everyone knows it. But they’ll try to play word games to try to nail cruz. I’ve never seen a man so hated by evil.
Again, that only says he was temporarily stopping
Busted for what?
His clothes look clean in that shot.
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