<p>Last week&rsquo;s rumors had us excited that Ted Cruz and Donald Trump might join forces. ;The <em>New York Times</em> was quick to dispel those hopes, even going so far as to use out-of-context quotes to suggest a growing animosity between the two candidates.</p>
<p>I can&rsquo;t say I&rsquo;m surprised that the left-wing <em>Times</em> is trying to drive a wedge between Cruz and Trump. Just hours after Republican strategist and CNN commentator ;Alex Castellanos outlined his plan to destroy Trump, more specifically, to &ldquo;shiv him in the ribs,&rdquo; the <em>Times</em> published a questionable article featuring out-of-context quotes from Cruz&#8217;s campaign manager in an attempt to stir up conflict. ;</p>
<p>&ldquo;Although Mr. Cruz has declined to criticize Mr. Trump, the senator&rsquo;s campaign manager sniffed at Mr. Trump&rsquo;s much larger crowd in Mobile, Alabama on Friday night,&rdquo; says the article. ;</p>
<p>The jounalist, Trip Gabriel, spoke to campaign manager Jeff Roe over the weekend during Cruz&rsquo;s campaign event in Iowa. The piece continued with an out-of-context quote:</p>
<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;d take these 2,500 people over 12,000 in a football stadium in Alabama any day.&rdquo; And later, another out-of-context quote: ;&ldquo;These people are coming to be part of a movement.&rdquo; Trump&rsquo;s supporters &ldquo;are going to be part of a show.&rdquo;</p>
<p>Why would Roe say such a thing when it&#8217;s so obvious that Cruz is in full support of Donald Trump? ;<em>Breibart News</em> spoke with Jeff Roe and discovered that the article was nothing but a false alarm. ;The campaign manager answered &ldquo;for sure,&rdquo; when asked if his quotes were taken out of context in the <em>Times</em>. He explained that the event in Iowa had a specific purpose and was meant to draw an audience of &ldquo;movement Christian conservatives.&rdquo; ;</p>
<p>&ldquo;We are identifying, unifying, and activating movement conservative, which is necessarily a more targeted audience. And we achieved that goal and were happy with the results. That&rsquo;s why I said we&rsquo;d take our audience,&rdquo; said Roe to <em>Breitbart.</em> ;</p>
<p>Despite the facts, other conservative candidates are excited about a potential battle between Cruz and Trump. According to an anonymous operative working for a rival GOP candidate, &ldquo;The Cruz campaign is no longer able to hide their frustration with Mr. Trump, who refuses to get with the Cruz playbook and just go away.&rdquo;  ;</p>
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