There was a bit of a dust-up between the Cruz and Carson campaigns in Iowa. On caucus night, Cruz’s campaign sent out a message to supporters telling them that “CNN is reporting Ben Carson will stop campaigning after Iowa” and urging them to tell other caucusgoers this news, and it soon spread from there. This, of course, made it sound as if Ben Carson was dropping out. The Carson campaign was understandably peeved, and Cruz publicly apologized for his campaign soon after Iowa.
At the debate Saturday, Cruz was again asked about the incident and he again apologized but also took the opportunity to explain what had happened. What Cruz said was pretty straightforward, yet for reasons I can’t begin to understand, PolitiFact’s reading of Cruz’s remarks last night is completely unfair: “Ted Cruz falsely says CNN first said Ben Carson was ‘taking a break from campaigning.'”
