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02-20-2016, 08:53 PM
Ted Cruz and Ben Carson Held a Secret Meeting Inside a Closet
It “didn’t go well.”
Feb 20, 2016
Ted Cruz and Ben Carson, two adult males who are running for president of the United States of America, haven’t been getting along very well lately. Carson has, of late, been accusing Cruz of “dirty tricks” on the campaign trail, including, but not limited to, telling supporters that Carson had dropped out of the race when he hadn’t. Cruz, for his part, has blamed the “misunderstanding” on CNN (http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/01/politics/ben-carson-home-florida-iowa-caucuses/), who reported that Carson had returned to Florida during the Iowa caucus to pick up some fresh clothes, an act that Cruz claims led him to believe Carson was, in fact, returning to the Sunshine State to announce his removal from the race rather than to briefly weep into his pile of clean laundry. Carson replied by suggesting that Cruz fire his campaign staffers. Cruz has not done this.
Likely recognizing that this ongoing and patently insane argument would likely alienate voters on both sides, Cruz and Carson did what grown men do when faced with conflict: they held a secret meeting inside of a closet.
The Daily Beast (http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/02/19/cruz-carson-held-secret-meeting-about-dirty-tricks.html) reports that on Thursday night in South Carolina, ahead of the Conservative Review convention, Cruz and Carson “huddled” inside a storage closet so that they might work out their issues. The arch nemeses selected the storage closet because it was “neutral ground,” as are all storage closets, where conventional laws do not apply. The meeting lasted for nearly 25 minutes, with a Secret Service detail standing outside, at one point informing a Republican operative, “Yeah, they’re in that closet.”
The meeting did “not go well,” Carson communication strategist Jason Osborne told The Daily Beast.
Not only did the closet convention end with Carson concluding that the two would have to “agree to disagree”—the familiar death knell of once-happy couples across America—but it bumped into Carson’s speaking time at the convention, meaning that somehow, Cruz managed to completely screw Carson over yet again, this time under the guise of reconciliation. Moreover, Carson agreed to meet with Cruz only for five minutes, and only if their tiny tête–à–tête were to remain off the record. Which it clearly hasn’t.
http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/02/ted-cruz-and-ben-carson-held-a-secret-meeting-inside-a-closet
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Trump: Ted Cruz Is a 'Total Hypocrite' on Same-Sex Marriage
The former reality show star may be referring to a dinner that Cruz attended in April 2015. The event was hosted by Ian Reisner and Mati Weiderpass, gay men who own the Out NYC hotel.
At the dinner, the business partners cut the GOP candidate a check for $2,700 (http://www.advocate.com/politics/politicians/2015/05/29/outnyc-co-owner-cut-2700-check-ted-cruz), the maximum amount allowed in a nominating contest. News of the check to the antigay politician drew the ire of many in the LGBT community.
The dinner incited a volley of post-scandal interviews for Reisner and Weiderpass, who alternated between apologizing and lashing out (Reisner called gays "cheap" and "entitled" (http://www.advocate.com/business/2015/05/04/out-nyc-owners-call-gays-cheap-entitled-disastrous-interview) in one disastrous interview).
After the backlash, the hoteliers claimed the dinner was not a fundraiser. Moreover, Reisner said the money was intended for "work on behalf of Israel," and that they asked for the money back (http://www.advocate.com/politics/politicians/2015/05/29/outnyc-co-owner-cut-2700-check-ted-cruz), as they claimed they has been unaware of the senator's antigay record.
http://www.advocate.com/politicians/2016/1/17/trump-ted-cruz-total-hypocrite-same-sex-marriage
Ben Carson: Being Gay Is A Choice Because Of Prison Sex [VIDEO] (http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?470183-Ben-Carson-Being-Gay-Is-A-Choice-Because-Of-Prison-Sex-VIDEO/page6)
http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--sJVmCM12--/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800/1405816411157388066.jpg
It “didn’t go well.”
Feb 20, 2016
Ted Cruz and Ben Carson, two adult males who are running for president of the United States of America, haven’t been getting along very well lately. Carson has, of late, been accusing Cruz of “dirty tricks” on the campaign trail, including, but not limited to, telling supporters that Carson had dropped out of the race when he hadn’t. Cruz, for his part, has blamed the “misunderstanding” on CNN (http://www.cnn.com/2016/02/01/politics/ben-carson-home-florida-iowa-caucuses/), who reported that Carson had returned to Florida during the Iowa caucus to pick up some fresh clothes, an act that Cruz claims led him to believe Carson was, in fact, returning to the Sunshine State to announce his removal from the race rather than to briefly weep into his pile of clean laundry. Carson replied by suggesting that Cruz fire his campaign staffers. Cruz has not done this.
Likely recognizing that this ongoing and patently insane argument would likely alienate voters on both sides, Cruz and Carson did what grown men do when faced with conflict: they held a secret meeting inside of a closet.
The Daily Beast (http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/02/19/cruz-carson-held-secret-meeting-about-dirty-tricks.html) reports that on Thursday night in South Carolina, ahead of the Conservative Review convention, Cruz and Carson “huddled” inside a storage closet so that they might work out their issues. The arch nemeses selected the storage closet because it was “neutral ground,” as are all storage closets, where conventional laws do not apply. The meeting lasted for nearly 25 minutes, with a Secret Service detail standing outside, at one point informing a Republican operative, “Yeah, they’re in that closet.”
The meeting did “not go well,” Carson communication strategist Jason Osborne told The Daily Beast.
Not only did the closet convention end with Carson concluding that the two would have to “agree to disagree”—the familiar death knell of once-happy couples across America—but it bumped into Carson’s speaking time at the convention, meaning that somehow, Cruz managed to completely screw Carson over yet again, this time under the guise of reconciliation. Moreover, Carson agreed to meet with Cruz only for five minutes, and only if their tiny tête–à–tête were to remain off the record. Which it clearly hasn’t.
http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/02/ted-cruz-and-ben-carson-held-a-secret-meeting-inside-a-closet
Un-related
Trump: Ted Cruz Is a 'Total Hypocrite' on Same-Sex Marriage
The former reality show star may be referring to a dinner that Cruz attended in April 2015. The event was hosted by Ian Reisner and Mati Weiderpass, gay men who own the Out NYC hotel.
At the dinner, the business partners cut the GOP candidate a check for $2,700 (http://www.advocate.com/politics/politicians/2015/05/29/outnyc-co-owner-cut-2700-check-ted-cruz), the maximum amount allowed in a nominating contest. News of the check to the antigay politician drew the ire of many in the LGBT community.
The dinner incited a volley of post-scandal interviews for Reisner and Weiderpass, who alternated between apologizing and lashing out (Reisner called gays "cheap" and "entitled" (http://www.advocate.com/business/2015/05/04/out-nyc-owners-call-gays-cheap-entitled-disastrous-interview) in one disastrous interview).
After the backlash, the hoteliers claimed the dinner was not a fundraiser. Moreover, Reisner said the money was intended for "work on behalf of Israel," and that they asked for the money back (http://www.advocate.com/politics/politicians/2015/05/29/outnyc-co-owner-cut-2700-check-ted-cruz), as they claimed they has been unaware of the senator's antigay record.
http://www.advocate.com/politicians/2016/1/17/trump-ted-cruz-total-hypocrite-same-sex-marriage
Ben Carson: Being Gay Is A Choice Because Of Prison Sex [VIDEO] (http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?470183-Ben-Carson-Being-Gay-Is-A-Choice-Because-Of-Prison-Sex-VIDEO/page6)
http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--sJVmCM12--/c_scale,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800/1405816411157388066.jpg