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Trump’s National Lead Continues to Shrink, While Cruz and Rubio Make Inroads

That’s likely The Iowa GOP’s way of saying, “Who finished second?” Several social media users tweeted screen grabs of an alleged deleted tweet from Trump’s official account, in which he said Cruz “illegally” stolen the vote.

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“To turn out Indian Americans in New Hampshire to vote for Donald Trump on February 9, the Indian-Americans for Trump 2016 officers chose to educate the Indian-Americans about the primary election process”, a statement said. Not only did he lose the caucus, but somehow Florida U.S. Sen.

Trump doesn’t like to share the spotlight and the Cruz flap has helped him figure out a way to get back on the front page.

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump after he came second in the Iowa Caucus.

Trump also hit Cruz over a provocative mailer the senator’s campaign had sent some voters in Iowa. Carson was going home, but not to give up his presidential aspirations, just to recharge his batteries before the New Hampshire primary.

Trump said he would have won Iowa if the Carson rumor had not been allowed to spread, suggesting that Cruz picked up votes that would have otherwise gone to Carson. That poll found Trump, at 34%, maintaining a large national lead over both Cruz (18%) and Rubio (13%).

Bernie Sanders said his campaign feels “fantastic” after losing by fractions of a percentage point to Hillary Clinton in the Democratic Iowa caucuses, and that he’s looking forward to the New Hampshire Democratic primary next week. Jeb Bush released a commercial in which he called Trump a man of “deep insecurity and weakness.” governor Chris Christie sarcastically called him “Donald the Magnificent”.

He would also best Trump and Cruz in theoretical head-to-head bouts for the nomination. On CNN Newsroom Wednesday, Baldwin said “when Senator Cruz, with all due respect, tries to throw my network and CNN under the bus, let me stand up for my colleagues and journalists here…we reported it accurately”, she said on air.

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Mr Trump pulled out of the debate claiming he had been treated unfairly by host Fox News amid a feud with anchor and debate moderator Megyn Kelly.

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