The email repeated the story CNN reported, which the Rubio camp denies, but CNN stands by.
Via The Hill:
Marco Rubio’s presidential campaign on Tuesday accused rival Ted Cruz’s campaign of circulating a CNN story that said advisers to the Florida senator were pushing him to drop out of the race.
Rubio spokesman Alex Conant said Cruz’s campaign in Hawaii sent the story to its supporters in that state, which holds a presidential contest Tuesday night. The Rubio campaign argues the CNN story is false, though the network is standing by it.
“In Hawaii, we’re seeing some dirty tricks by the Ted Cruz campaign,” Conant said during an appearance on MSNBC that touched on the CNN story.
“The Ted Cruz campaign sent that report to their supporters in Hawaii yesterday, to some of our supporters in Hawaii yesterday, suggesting that Marco was getting out of the race,” Conant said. “It’s the exact same thing Ted Cruz did to Ben Carson in Iowa. There’s no place for that in Republican politics.”