Ben Carson
Republican presidential primary hopeful Ben Carson accused his fellow candidates of playing “dirty tricks” on him during Iowa’s caucuses, saying his rivals let it drop he’d suspended his campaign.
“For months,” he said in a statement reported by the Hill, “my campaign has survived the lies and dirty tricks from my opponents who profess to detest the games of the political class, but in reality are masters of it.”
He went on, speaking of what he described as the shenanigans of his fellow Republicans in Iowa.
“My opponents resorted to political tricks by tweeting, texting and telling precinct captains that I had suspended my campaign, in some cases asking caucus goers to change their votes,” he said, the Hill reported.
Rob Taylor, an Iowa state representative who supports Carson, was much blunter: “This is horseshit,” he said. Fortune reported.
Carson said his whole reason for getting in the White House race was to fight to stop political dishonesty.
“One of the reasons I got into this race was to stop these deceptive and destructive practices,” he said. “these reports have only further steeled my resolve to continue and fight for ‘We the People,’ and return control of the government back to them.”
Carson also said his bid is hardly on its last legs, pointing to his win in Iowa over three former governors.
“Regardless of how the media has attempted to marginalize me and my campaign,” he said, the Hill reported, “I still have the highest favorability rating and have remained among the leading candidates in every major survey.”
Carson didn’t name the fellow GOPers he was upset with by name, but as the Hill reported, Sen. Ted Cruz’s campaign co-chairman, Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa), did send some tweets that painted the former neurosurgeon as a quitter.
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“Carson looks like he is out,” King tweeted. “Iowans need to know before they vote. Most will go to Cruz, I hope.”
King also tweeted: “#iacaucus Skipping NH & SC is the equivalent of suspending. Too bad this information won’t get to all caucus goers.”
Carson did announce at the end of Iowa’s tally, meanwhile, that he was returning to Florida rather than heading on to New Hampshire. But he said he was only going for a brief time; he did not announce an end to his presidential run.
Cruz’s campaign, meanwhile, called the accusations groundless.
“That’s absurd,” said Cruz campaign spokesperson Catherine Frazier, Forbes reported.
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