Trump completed his Twitter comments Wednesday saying that Cruz’s results should be disqualified or a new election/caucus should be held in Iowa.
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Republican Ted Cruz may have prevailed in Iowa despite the polls favouring Donald Trump but New Hampshire is quite a different challenge with a more moderate and less religious electorate than the evangelical Cruz would like.
This is a statistic Ted Cruz is confident he can turn around and says it all starts with the people of New Hampshire.
In a deflated speech on Monday night he congratulated Mr Cruz and pledged to beat him in the upcoming New Hampshire primary.
But he said the results don’t mean he will give up on polls. He added: “Many people voted for Cruz over Carson because Cruz is a fraud”.
Presidential candidate Donald Trump has called for a new election in Iowa, accusing the Republican victor, Ted Cruz, of fraud.
An earlier – and since-deleted – tweet said Cruz “illegally stole” the caucus win. Cruz was awarded eight delegates while Trump and Rubio both got seven.
Trump’s tweets could be referencing a Monday message from Iowa Rep. Steve King, who endorsed Cruz in November.
While he has said he’s “honored” to have placed second in Iowa, he told Tuesday’s crowd: “Finishing second wouldn’t be the worst thing in the world”. In contrast to a crowded Republican field, the the Democratic contest is now a two horse race after Martin O’Malley withdrew after his poor performance in Iowa. “So I don’t think this is going to hurt him so much and he’s attacking someone whose not wildly popular even in his own party”, said Zaino, in reference to Cruz.
“New Hampshire is Bernie Sanders’ backyard”. This was a somewhat unusual declaration as most candidates were planning to rush to the next primary states.
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Cruz’s campaign said later that they should have sent “around the follow-up statement from the Carson Campaign clarifying that he was indeed staying in the race. Vermont shares a media market with New Hampshire, and the voters of New Hampshire have a history of supporting candidates from New England”, Clinton campaign manager Robby Mook wrote in the memo, which was obtained by Politico.
