Romney Campaign Alleges Dirty Tricks In Miami
PANAMA CITY, FLA. -- Mitt Romney's Florida state chairman Al Cardenas told reporters that Romney supporters have been receiving robo-calls this afternoon, which erroneously claim that the former Massachusetts governor wants to open up U.S. relations with Fidel Castro's Cuba.
Cardenas said the calls were "obviously a dirty tactic and strategy to rebut the efforts that we make to let the community know our position on the subject."
Cardenas said that the campaign began receiving reports of the robo-calls this afternoon, soon after Roger Noriega, the head of Romney's Cuba policy team, appeared on paid programming on several Miami-area radio stations to outline Romney's position on Cuban relations.
Asked if he believed the calls were coming from the McCain campaign, Cardenas said, "I don't know of other campaigns that have robo-calls going in the Miami area other than John McCain's campaign, but we're looking into it before I specifically make that statement."
McCain campaign adviser Mark Salter said about the calls, "We're not making them... We are only aware of them from press inquiries... We don't know if they're being made or who is making them."