This weekend, Sen. Ted Cruz said he wouldn’t apologize for using every tool available to get Iowans out to vote, including a controversial mailer that hit mailboxes on Friday and convinced at least one voter leaning toward Marco Rubio that he’d made his choice. The very official-looking mailer was headed “Voting Violation” and, by combing publicly available records, graded not only the recipient but his or her neighbors on their voting records.
As Twitchy reported yesterday, things got worse as Ryan Lizza of the New Yorker managed to track down a woman who deemed Cruz a “bully” for giving her an “F” in front of her neighbors, even though she’s disabled and can’t make it to this year’s caucus.
In an unconfirmed tweet sent today, another woman gave Cruz and other candidates a good reason to stop using the “vote shaming” mailers.
https://twitter.com/xlaurenstephens/status/694158157896032256
https://twitter.com/NathanWurtzel/status/694267431120945152
https://twitter.com/BartMcCoy5/status/694179422618800128
Shaming the dead for not voting — at least it’s more ethical than uncovering records of the deceased voting Democrat, right?
@xlaurenstephens @PatrickASweeney Keep in mind, however, that the Ds don't accept having passed to the next life as a reason for not voting.
— Andrew Morse (@CAndrewMorse) February 1, 2016
@xlaurenstephens sorry that happened to you. So rude!
— Linda Wolfe (@lwolfe63) February 1, 2016
https://twitter.com/LNCParker/status/694188177272246273
https://twitter.com/brumley7666/status/694172701372522496
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@xlaurenstephens Knowing what I know now, I never would've voted for @SenTedCruz and never will again
I certainly won't vote for @tedcruz— Trumpin’ Jack Flash ??#MAGA (@JackCarsrud) February 1, 2016
@xlaurenstephens @tedcruz Cruz is a disgusting NASTY deceitful guy! Wouldn't touch him with a ten foot pole!!???
— amanda (@amperg33) February 1, 2016
We agree that the bogus “Voter Violation” mailers are ripe for retirement, but how are they managing to sweep up the deceased?
@xlaurenstephens @tedcruz That means voter rolls aren't updated, I'm sure Hillary is happy with that.
— Jeanne (@jzimme750) February 1, 2016
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