Cruz & Carson scandals

It's that time of year again for Iowans! The 2016 Iowa caucus was held in Iowa City, Iowa this past Monday and the results were rather surprising. Bernie Sanders being overtaken by Hillary Clinton might not come to many people as a surprise. But a lot of republican heads are now turning after the republican winner of the Iowa Caucus was declared to be Ted Cruz; not Donald Trump. Cruz claimed victory after receiving 51,666 votes; 6,239 more votes than Trump. Marco Rubio came in third place, followed by Ben Carson and Rand Paul. To many, it may not be a shocking fact that Carson placed fourth in the Iowa Caucuses. However, what might be surprising is the number of votes that Carson received; 17,395. Exiting the Iowa Caucus with only 9% voter approval, Carson, and many others, believe that Cruz is to blame.

It would appear as though Carson supporters have been given misguided information. The CNN banner in the picture to the left clearly states that the Carson campaign will, "...take a break after Iowa." Just like relationships, there is a BIG difference between "taking a break" and "calling it quits." More often than not, in the relationship world, taking a break often leads to the relationship coming to an end. But with this being a presidential campaign, one would think that candidates would not jump to conclusions without proper investigation into such allegations; "take a break" could mean several different things.

“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.” 

There is no telling what sort of media driven controversies will come as a result of Cruz's alleged shift from being a concerned family man to that of a liar.

This is not the first time that Cruz has blurred the truth. Earlier this month, the media began to bash Cruz over his campaign finance reports. What does $1,000,000 mean to you? Well, if you're Donald Trump, you'd consider it to be a small amount of money. If you're Ted Cruz, then you might label a $1,000,000 loan from Goldman Sachs as "personal funds" on your campaign finance report. With the Iowa Caucus scandal between Cruz and Carson sure to bring lots of media attention, it's ironic that Carson is pointing out that Cruz has reported false information. How is this ironic? Well, in his book America the beautiful, Carson talks about how he falsified some of his research findings.

“I did not, however, indicate that this was the work of someone else; frankly, I had never even heard of the term plagiarism.”

To hear a college student, let alone a presidential candidate, say that they, somehow, have no knowledge as to what plagiarism is, is not only jaw-dropping, but is arguably hilarious.