Republican campaign for White House turns nastier as field narrows

“Many people voted for Cruz over Carson because of this Cruz fraud”. On that basis, Trump called for Cruz’s win in Iowa to be nullified and the election done over.

As for Trump’s claims that Cruz lied about Trump’s positions, the First Amendment gives candidates a lot of leeway in making claims about their rivals, and proof of a blatant lie wouldn’t be enough to force a new election, Foley said.

Rick Wilson, a Republican consultant who thinks Rubio is the Republican candidate best placed to win the White House, said the billionaire’s latest outburst was a sign of desperation.

Cruz won 27.7 percent of vote at Iowa’s Republican Caucus, firmly ahead of Trump’s 24 percent and third-place finisher Marco Rubio, who had about 23 percent.

Just days after an unusually gracious speech after the Republican caucus, the property mogul renewed his attacks on Mr Cruz, the victor in Iowa, ahead of Tuesday’s primary in New Hampshire.

Trump’s position is that would-be Carson voters threw their support to Cruz when their candidate “dropped out”, giving Cruz his victory over Trump.

The Texas senator repeated his story about the CNN report and said of Carson, “I’m sorry if our passing on that CNN news story caused him and his campaign discomfort”.

“There are Twitter addiction groups, and he should check in with his local chapter”.

CNN/WMUR said Clinton is trailing massively in New Hampshire. For the first time, Republican leaders opposed to Trump’s candidacy said they believed there was a chance to break his grip on New Hampshire as the party establishment closes ranks around a smaller number of candidates and Trump faces new threats on the right.

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump said Thursday that “I just don’t care” about the results of Monday’s Iowa caucuses because “I’m into New Hampshire now”. “Bad!” Trump tweeted Wednesday morning, before it disappeared from social media within minutes of posting.

Trump jumped on the news that Cruz staffers told voters Carson was quitting the race when Carson announced instead of New Hampshire he would return to Florida for clean clothes.

Too controversial “I was going to say, “They’re full of shit”.

“I will continue to carry the torch for liberty in the United States Senate and I look forward to earning the privilege to represent the people of Kentucky for another term”.