“Ted Cruz didn’t win Iowa, he stole it”, Trump said in a series of tweets.
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Was this the beginning of a kinder, gentler Trump? Former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley was invited and said he would attend, but after his showing in the Iowa caucuses, he suspended his campaign.
The Sanders campaign is demanding the Democratic Party of Iowa to release the total caucus vote count.
Congressman Steve King who supports Cruz apparently misinterpreted the tweet, “Carson looks like he is out”.
After a long night of vote-counting, Hillary Clinton has been declared the official victor of the Iowa caucus, barely beating out Bernie Sanders by a margin of. The real estate mogul argued for a “new election” or for the Texas senator’s results to be “nullified”.
Donald Trump leaves the stage at his caucus night rally in Des Moines, Iowa.
Campaigning for the Republican nomination at November’s US presidential election took a nasty turn on Wednesday with billionaire businessman Donald Trump accusing rival Ted Cruz of fraud as the field of candidates narrowed ahead of next week’s New Hampshire primary.
“It’s clear that there were people who tried to take advantage of a situation, who tried to distort information”, Carson said.
“That’s why I’m here”, Carson said with a laugh. Ohio Governor John Kasich, former Florida Governor Jeb Bush and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie all hope New Hampshire will breathe life into their flagging campaigns.
Many conservatives love Cruz and hate Rubio, but they might be making a mistake by throwing their support behind Cruz. The GOP front-runners exchanged blows on Twitter Wednesday about the caucus results. Marco Rubio (FL), who is surging after coming in a close third in Iowa, there are several more candidates looking for a win in New Hampshire.
Trump remains the far-and-away front-runner in New Hampshire, according to polls, whose February 9 primaries are the next key contest.
Fans interviewed before the rally said Trump’s loss did not bother them.
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“I know what it’s like to go up against the status quo and special interests”, Clinton said referring to her previous work on health care reform, but added she doesn’t believe it’s worth scrapping Obamacare and re-starting a “contentious national debate”.
