*Uh oh, it’s on an poppin’.
Dr. Ben Carson and his campaign accused Sen. Ted Cruz‘s team of foul play on Monday night, alleging that his supporters had convinced caucus-goers he was out of the race.
“I was reasonably happy today, until I, you know, discovered the dirty tricks going on — spreading rumors I had dropped out,” Carson said on Monday night. The campaign told MSNBC they’d had “confirmed reports” of Cruz supporters telling voters at caucus sites that Carson had dropped out of the race. MSNBC has not yet confirmed the authenticity of these reports.
“That’s the reason I got into this race, looking at the level of deceit and distrust going on in country,” Carson told supporters.
The campaign is pointing to a tweet from Rep. Steve King, who endorsed Cruz, as evidence. The tweet was sent at 8:20pm EST, when Iowans were already at caucus sites.
Meanwhile, a spokesman for  Cruz’s  on Tuesday dismissed Carson’s assertions.
“On the Ben Carson allegation, it’s just false. We simply, as a campaign, repeated what Ben Carson had said,” Cruz spokesman Rick Tyler said in an interview on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.”
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