Dr Ben Carson is hopping mad. He claims that Ted Cruz padded his vote when campaign workers told caucus goers that Carson was dropping out of the race and endorsing Ted Cruz. If true, this would be a felony committed by Cruz campaign workers.
As reported by Fortune magazine:
The Carson camp claimed Cruz’s team spread false rumors at caucus sites that Carson had dropped out.
Ben Carson was incensed as the results of Monday night’s Iowa caucuses rolled in, accusing the winner of spreading falsehoods about him at caucus sites.
Carson’s team claimed that Cruz’s campaign deliberately sent emails to supporters to spread false rumors at caucus sites that Carson had dropped out, so his supporters would caucus for other candidates.
“That is really quite a dirty trick,” Carson said speaking to reporters at the end of the evening. “That’s the very kind of thing that irritated me enough to get into this quagmire.”
“To have campaigns come out and send emails to their caucus speakers suggesting that Dr. Carson was doing anything but moving forward after tonight is the lowest of low in American politics,” said Carson campaign manager Ed Brookover.
Steve King, who has proven himself a liar by accusing Trump endorsers, including Sarah Palin of accepting bribes to endorse Trump. He reminds me of when Harry Reid declared Romney had not paid any taxes for ten years. I used to respect King but he has squandered that respect by lying. He also personally got involved in the claim that Carson was dropping out of the race as witnessed by this tweet:
Carson looks like he is out. Iowans need to know before they vote. Most will go to Cruz, I hope.
Steve King added,