Donald Trump’s streak of graciousness following the close battle in Iowa has come to a screeching halt this week, but for once his anger has company in an unlikely group of individuals.
He, Iowa Governor Terry Branstad, and even the ever docile Ben Carson are all coming together to criticize the tactics Ted Cruz used to secure his surprisingly big win in Iowa this week. All three have released statements calling out “unethical and unfair” coercion techniques, and Trump — of course — is threatening to sue.
That very threat from Trump had many dismissing the accusations as typical Trump bombast, but the inclusion of less hyperbolic personalities now has many paying attention. Cruz, it seems, could be in a bit of trouble.
While it’s unlikely that Cruz broke any election laws — the primary is technically run by a private organization, the Republican Party, and is therefore not necessarily beholden to government oversight — the bad press could definitely hurt the Senator’s already less-than-sterling reputation among many in the GOP.
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2016!!!!!!!!!!!
” No official is too big to jail” – Hillary Clinton.
Doubling my monthly Cruz contributions in response to this, and here’s why:
That Cruz is the ONLY target in this debacle – and is the only one who has apologized – is what gets me. Yes, a Carson staffer screwed up big time. But what’s most troublesome is this: Rubio is getting a pass while he was arguably the biggest beneficiary. It was expected Cruz would do well: a massive 12,000 volunteer army + a year of perparation. Rubio had a “surprising” finish; where did those extra votes come from, hmmm? Was his team in any way involved in switching Carson votes?
Most importantly: Does any sane human being truly believe that one tweet can swing 25,000 votes… in Iowa? No. Cruz had the better organization and won fairly and legally.
You have these sheep bleating “Cruz liiiied! Cruz is a cheeeeater!” All are being played. Who is the one major candidate NOT being mentioned in all of this?
FWIW, here’s the CNN tweet – note the time (it was actually 6:43 Iowa time) relative to the caucus start time of 7:00 p.m.
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Harry Stains No, that would be Mike Huckabee.
Doubling my financial support to #TedCruz.
He did not. You people just have your heads stuck up trumps backside. Both nieve and Blind.
STARTING RUMORS IS HOW ALL THIS C**P GOT STARTED AND IT WAS CARSONS OWN PEOPLE THAT STARTED IT. THIS IS RIDICULOUS .
CRUZ IS NOT CANADIAN, HE IS AS AMERICAN AS YOU GET OVER IT.
Yes he did because he is out of money