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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1) He will be disqualified by a shopped federal Judge, thanks to the DNC and GOPe. Rubio (the Hispanic Obama with a “R” by his name) then will be put in his place by the Delegates at the Republican convention.
2) Cruz was born in Canada. Therefore, he is not qualified. Sorry...
3) Did not care for Cruz’ tactics on the voters in Iowa.
Trump is the only guy that can defeat the Democrats. Again Rubio is a Hispanic Obama with a “R” by his name.
Former Carson campaign manager helping Trump prepare to be the nominee
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/01/ben-carson-campaign-manager-trump-218118
1900 precincts per Rove.
Cnn proved they never used the word suspend, or said Carson was going to have a press conference. More Ted Millhouse Cruz lies.
Just to put it in terms a Reagan Republican Cruz claims to be could understand. We here on the right never believe the Obama press and what they say and write.
It would behoove Reagan’s saying “trust but verify”
Ted has the Carson phone numbers on speed dial all he had to do is check with the campaign or Dr. Carson.
Listen again,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ocgEmgXXwF8
Its clear, Ted intended to injure Carson’s campaign which Carson has spent so much money building.
And now they are resurrecting Amnesty Pimp Rubio to take Cruz’s place. Not what we on the right want.
Can’t trust Tricky Ted “Millhouse” Cruz
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I don’t want to slur all Canadians but many of them are that way.
And it's not about living on FR. The SAME EXACT THREAD was posted 2 hours ago.
I've posted the same sentiment as you in the past, but what's fueling these flame wars is the gleeful posting, re-posting, and re-re-posting of the same "information" over and over and over.
The trolls and saboteurs are DELIGHTING in the chaos.
Maybe we ought to have ONE Daily "hitpiece" thread for each side. :)
EH as they say in Canada.
Hillary had dishonest coin tosses, nothing compared to the Cruz Shaming mailer and the Carson lie/fabrication inside the caucus.
Where did he lie? No one ever said Carson was quitting that I have seen. The closest that they came was King's tweet that it LOOKED like Carson out. And as I said before - if you say you are going home and then to DC 3 days later, and yo have no events scheduled in the next 2 primary states, it sure LOOKS like you might be out.
Unless you are saying that a reasonable person could hear them say that Carson was taking a break from the campaign trail and assume they were saying he was quitting... Is that what you are implying?
Looks like Trump did more damage back in November....should he be held accountable for Carson’s fourth place finish?
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/trump-carson-campaign-freefall/2015/11/19/id/702939/
EEEEEEEK! :O
But both the Hillary and St Cruz camps are so exasperated and screaming “What Difference Does It Make Now Anyway!”
The parallels are striking.
Some of them have on twitter. They shouldn’t have to prove themselves to you or St. Cruz. They’ve already been taken advantage of. Good luck getting their vote in the general.
But hey,,”What Difference Does It Make Now Anyway!”
Simple truth.. if Trump had done this to Carson the Cruz people would be screaming....if Trump had done it to Cruz... ..it would be 24/7 ongoing scandal of the news cycle with Fox, Megyn Kelly, NR and Beck leading a protest march, lynch mob for Trumps toupee ... with the GOP using it as an excuse to blackball him
Carson’s team clarified their position to the media BEFORE the voting started at the caucases.
Cruz went with the lie anyway.
Carson’s wife certainly clarified things in the caucus group she was in. Think Carson voters in that room were impressed with Cruz’s lies? Think they will vote for Cruz in the general. Think their families will, their community?
Why would anyone come forward, so the holier-than-thou Cruz camp can mock them? Ridicule them as one vote, or a ‘stupid’ voter?
Clinton tactics adopted by St. Cruz with the applause of his oh-so -Christian cheerleaders.
Hypocrisy at its finest.
http://wtvr.com/2015/11/20/trump-gives-himself-credit-for-carson-campaign-free-fall/
Carson lost more support with Ducking Donald’s lies, long before Iowa....how conveniently the Trump drones forget.
I realize you love and admire BOR and Rove, but I’m still old-school FR.
Fake but accurate.
Yeah, “the parallels are striking” because repeating a report (which other candidates did as well, btw) in a CAUCUS is the exact same as leaving Americans to DIE! Seriously.
Freepers have lost their ever-lovin’ minds.
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