Cruz won 27.7% of the vote in the Republican caucus in Iowa, staking his claim to be the new standard bearer of the right.
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In another tweet, Trump said Cruz had lied about his opinion of President Barack Obama’s healthcare program.
“These people – I’d like to use really foul language”, Trump said at a campaign rally in Exeter, N.H. I said because there’s another room this size where it’s packed also, ” Trump said in Milford.
Place among the top three candidates ranked according to the popular vote in the Iowa Republican caucuses on February 1, 2016.
Trump and the Carson camp both complained that Cruz campaign workers alerted voters to Carson’s decision to go home for a break after the caucuses, stoking speculation he would drop out.
Congressman Steve King who supports Cruz apparently misinterpreted the tweet, “Carson looks like he is out”.
Carson tried to clear up any confusion later Monday night, saying he planned to return to the campaign trail in New Hampshire on Wednesday.
After emerging as the leading “establishment” candidate competing with Trump and Cruz, Rubio faces high stakes in New Hampshire.
Marco Rubio is drawing notice for his attempts to avoid discussing Donald Trump, and defended his posture today in New Hampshire.
Ben Carson said Wednesday that he thinks the false rumor that Sen.
The dispute doesn’t amount to much, except in this one sense: Trump played it safe in the days before Iowa, even skipping a debate, but now he seems back to the hot-mess flamboyance that brought him this far.
On Tuesday, he took to social media to bluntly label Cruz a thief and demand the results of the first-in-the-nation contest be nullified. “She said, ‘I’m not trying to persuade you, Ben Carson is dropping out of the race tomorrow morning”, said Allen.
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During a quickly called press conference at Washington’s National Press Club, Carson used Bible verses to raise questions about Cruz’s character, in a move seemingly aimed at damaging the newly crowned Republican front-runner’s standing among evangelical voters.
