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CLEMSON, S.C. — A new robocall going out to South Carolina voters on the eve of the state's Republican primary blasts Donald Trump as pro-gay and urges listeners to vote for Ted Cruz, according to a source who received the call Friday night.
The source, who resides in a Republican-heavy part of Columbia, S.C., requested anonymity to describe the call, but he is not connected to any of the campaigns, and says he is not even registered to vote.
He said the robocall begins with a recording of a gay-rights activist asking Trump if there would still be progress for LGBT people under his presidency. Trump's answer — at least as it is represented on the recording — is positive.
The narrator on the recording goes on to denounce Trump as being pro-gay, before listing a series of high-profile legal battles that cast the expansion of LGBT rights as a threat to religious freedom. The robocall concludes by telling voters that only Cruz can be trusted to protect conservative Christians in these culture war battles.
The source did not hear who was behind the recording. But earlier Friday, the Post and Courier newspaper reported on a separate robocall that went out to voters here attacking Trump for the praise he gave Gov. Nikki Haley after she lead the charge to remove the Confederate Flag from the statehouse.
That call — which the source told BuzzFeed News about before it was publicized — was attributed to the Courageous Conservative Political Action Committee, a pro-Cruz political group. A spokeswoman for the Cruz campaign told the Post and Courier that the campaign was not associated with and did not condone the Confederate flag call.
If you've heard the robocall — or one similar — let us know. Email McKay Coppins at mckay@buzzfeed.com
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