On Monday, a number of Ben Carson supporters were angry after rumors spread that the Cruz campaign sent emails claiming that Carson was dropping out of the race.

As it turns out, it was CNN who got the rumor mill going with this:

Carson won't go to NH/SC, but instead will head home to Florida for some R&R. He'll be in DC Thursday for the National Prayer Breakfast. — Chris Moody (@moody) February 2, 2016

It quickly spread from there.

Ben Carson's campaign tells me he plans to stay in the race beyond Iowa no matter what the results are tonight. — Chris Moody (@moody) February 2, 2016

Meanwhile, Cruz got blamed for the mix-up. According to Time:

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.”

https://twitter.com/1nicmarlo/status/694553676732612608

Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa, later tweeted:

Carson looks like he is out. Iowans need to know before they vote. Most will go to Cruz, I hope. https://t.co/lW5Js50EMA — Steve King (@SteveKingIA) February 2, 2016

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As for those emails, the Right Scoop observed:

Carson’s team has yet to produce any emails, I gather, to prove their allegations. But I suppose it is possible, given that there were reports earlier today that suggested Carson might be dropping out…

There was, however, a letter sent from the Cruz campaign which apparently was a result of the bad media reports:

https://twitter.com/jenilynn1001/status/694404986680143872

“Taking time off” is not the same as “dropping out,” by the way. So it looks like the whole thing was the result of bad reporting. The Right Scoop added:

Sounds like a bad story that ran amuck and people started making assumptions that the Carson campaign had to squash later. If I heard that Carson was quitting, I’d want his votes too. That said, it wasn’t reported as ‘dropping out’ from CNN and people should be more careful in the desperation to win, not to believe everything they hear.

I agree.

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