Trump accuses Cruz of cheating in Iowa, demands new vote

As Iowans prepare to cast the first votes of the 2016 presidential election, Democrat and Republican candidates have been blanketing the state.

Sanders said his campaign is now mulling over whether to contest the results given the razor-thin margin.

The accusations, interpreted by critics as an attempt to hog the media spotlight, come in stark contrast to his gracious concession speech in Iowa on Monday, saying he was “honored” to finish second.

All told, Trump is calling for a “new election” in Iowa, or for Cruz’s win there to be “nullified”. Ted Cruz, comparing the two first-term senators to then-Illinois Sen.

Donald Trump’s harping on Ted Cruz’s Canadian birthplace wasn’t enough to help him win the Iowa caucuses.

At issue- after CNN accurately reported that Carson was stopping in Florida for a few days after his Iowa loss before resuming campaigning, the Cruz campaign tried to pushed out its own version to Iowa caucus sites suggesting Carson was quitting the race.

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”.

Congressman Steve King who supports Cruz apparently misinterpreted the tweet, “Carson looks like he is out”.

So Cruz – fighting bible-and-nail for the religious vote that Carson attracted – sent an email to supporters that said Carson was “taking time off from the campaign trail” and encouraged them to get caucus-goers to vote for him instead.

“I suspect that’s why you’re here”, Carson responded.

Carson condemned the rumor-mongering and Cruz apologized on Tuesday.

“I wake up every day and laugh at the latest thing Donald has tweeted, because he’s losing it”, Cruz said when a reporter asked whether he found Trump’s insults amusing.

As the candidates barrel toward New Hampshire, which on Tuesday will hold the election’s first primary, early signs have shown Rubio to be climbing there after his Iowa performance. I find myself questioning why candidates whom I consider to be much more qualified and moderate are not beginning to pull away from the more extreme.