“And finally, Cruz strongly told thousands of caucus-goers that Trump was strongly in favor of ObamaCare and “choice” – a total lie!”
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Cruz circulated a rumor that Carson was suspending his campaign without later passing along an update: that Carson left the campaign trail for a quick stop at his home in Florida for a change of clothes. “And Rick, I think, has a message for them that is phenomenal”, he said.
The poll released Wednesday morning from the University of Massachusetts-Lowell/7 News has Trump polling at 38 percent while Cruz is a distant second at 14 percent.
US Presidential hopeful and general lightning rod Donald Trump has confessed that his decision to skip the Fox News Debate just ahead of the crucial Iowa caucuses may be the reason for his shock defeat. By Wednesday, Trump was back to his old ways, calling his chief rival “a fraud” and accusing him of “stealing” a win on Monday.
Cruz’s campaign dismissed Trump’s claims on Twitter with humour.
“I don’t know who’s going to win between Bernie and Hillary”.
Donald Trump has accused fellow Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz of comitting “fraud” during the Iowa caucuses, and has called for a rematch.
Iowa Rep. Steve King, a national co-chairman of Cruz’s campaign, wrote on Twitter Monday evening: “Looks like (Carson) is out”. “We would like to say how disappointed we are in the dirty tricks that were played in tonight’s campaign”, Carson’s campaign Manager Barry Bennett said Monday night.
Cruz later apologized and said not sending out an update on Carson was a mistake, and Carson’s campaign has said it accepted the apology Tuesday.
According to the poll, Trump continues to lead in key demographic groups in the state of New Hampshire, including Republican primary voters who are under 30, men, do not practice a religion, or do not have a college degree. “It’s clear that there were people who tried to take advantage of a situation, tried to distort information”, Carson said when pressed by reporters. He should be talking to New Hampshire voters.
The fight for second place between Cruz, Rubio and Kasich remained within the survey’s margin of sampling error.
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This would be done by campaigning in the state, running informational articles and promotional advertisements in media outlets that reach the Indian-Americans in New Hampshire area.
