Trump Calls for Iowa Do-Over

After accepting his second-place finish at the Iowa caucuses with uncharacteristic grace but calling the result an “honor”, Donald Trump accused rival Ted Cruz on Wednesday of having won the contest through fraud.

Asked whether he will file a formal complaint, Trump said “I probably will yeah. What he did was unthinkable”.

“During primetime of the Iowa Caucus, Cruz put out a release that @RealBenCarson was quitting the race, and to caucus (or vote) for Cruz”.

On Wednesday morning, Trump unleashed a flurry of tweets accusing Texas Sen.

Cruz apologized, saying his campaign should have sent out a follow-up report clarifying that Carson wasn’t dropping out.

Both candidates did poorly in Monday’s Iowa caucuses, which were dominated by conservative Cruz’s defeat of Trump, who has courted controversy by urging a ban on Muslims entering the United States and branding Mexican immigrants as criminals.

The poll, conducted through the day following the Democratic caucus in Iowa, also indicates that Sanders has more support than Clinton across all specified demographics, including women, those who make more than $100,000 annually, and those age 65 years and older.

“The press is reporting that Dr. Ben Carson is taking time off from the campaign trail after Iowa and making a big announcement next week”, the Cruz email read, according to CNN.

“I think that the good old simple system where you walk in and you cast your vote, like we have, as an example, in New Hampshire, I think it’s better”.

“To turn out Indian Americans in New Hampshire to vote for Donald Trump on February 9, the Indian-Americans for Trump 2016 officers made a decision to educate the Indian-Americans about the primary election process”, a statement said.

Trump also said Cruz told voters that Trump supported Obamacare – the ultimate sin among Republican voters – which Trump called “a total lie!”

Officials from the Iowa Republican Party did not respond immediately to questions about their process for handling complaints like Trump’s.

The former secretary of state and first lady defeated Mr Sanders by less than three-tenths of 1%, the closest result in Iowa Democratic caucus history, the state party said.

So much for the humbling of Donald Trump.

Cruz suggested Trump was afraid of moderators, and again offered to debate him one-on-one.