“Based on the fraud committed by Senator Ted Cruz during the Iowa Caucus, either a new election should take place or Cruz results nullified”, Trump concluded.
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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has accused rival Ted Cruz of stealing a victory in the Iowa caucuses and called for another vote or nullification of Cruz’s win.
“I hope you will think hard about which person can do all parts of the job, who can be both a president and a commander-in-chief on day one”, Hillary Clinton said.
Asked if he will file a complaint with the Secretary of State’s office in Iowa, Trump told Herald Radio, “I probably will. What he did is unthinkable. What he did was unthinkable”.
The Cruz campaign apologised to Carson’s camp, saying it was a misunderstanding.
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.
Trump’s claims of fraud center around the actions of Cruz allies on the night of Monday’s Iowa caucuses.
Earlier, he wrote on Twitter that Mr Cruz “illegally” won the caucus, but later deleted the tweet.
Cruz responded in a Tweet by noting that Democrat Bernie Sanders had not conceded in Iowa to Hillary Clinton. However, he did criticize those who “try to win a vote using God”, saying it “cheapens God”.
The remaining candidates are now in New Hampshire, the next state to hold a primary vote, where Mr Trump is leading in the polls. “He seems to be taking losing really badly”, Cruz said during an interview with “The Sean Hannity Show” on Wednesday.
He then pivoted to Cruz: “Obviously we’ve all seen the reports of the rumors they spread about Ben Carson, and you know those weren’t accurate and I thought it was unfair to Ben”.
Sanders reminded his supporters Clinton didn’t skip New Hampshire last time.
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A group of Indian-Americans supporting Donald Trump have chose to campaign and run advertisements in New Hampshire after the Republican presidential front-runner suffered a shock defeat 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.
