Trump Demands Iowa Rematch Over Cruz ‘Fraud’

The joke drew a smattering of chuckles from those present, but Trump was in no laughing mood, tweeting that “based on the fraud committed by Senator Ted Cruz during the Iowa Caucus, either a new election should take place or Cruz results nullified”. Marco Rubio (R-FL), has continued to criticize the Cruz campaign’s “dirty tricks”.

Mr Trump also cited Cruz leaflets that accused Iowans of “voting violations”. Bernie Sanders has maintained his large lead, going up from 58 percent to 61 percent after Iowa.

GOP media consultant Brad Todd said, “Polling as a whole is becoming more challenging as it gets more hard to reach voters in a random manner and keep them engaged for a full survey”.

The tweets were a reversal for Trump, who congratulated Cruz on Monday night and told reporters on Tuesday he was “very happy with what happened in Iowa”.

“Ted Cruz didn’t win Iowa, he illegally stole it. That is why all of the polls were so wrong any [sic] why he got more votes than anticipated”. Cruz apologised to Carson on Tuesday and said his team should have promoted Carson’s statement denying the rumours.

Cruz and Trump also headed to New Hampshire as the presidential race shifted to the second nominating contest in the state-by-state battle to pick nominees for the November 8 election to replace Democratic President Barack Obama.

Trump has repeatedly raised the subject of Cruz’s birthplace, suggesting that the Texas senator, who was born in Calgary, Alberta, to an American mother, may not be constitutionally eligible to serve as president of the United States.

Rubio placed third with 23.1% in Iowa, just 1.2 percentage points behind Trump, who had been forecast to finish first.

“I think my brand’s doing great”, he said.

Almost three minutes of Christie’s seven-minute appearance on “Fox & Friends” was devoted to Donald Trump’s suggestion that Sen.

“When Senator Cruz, with all due respect, tries to throw my network and CNN under the bus, let me stand up for my colleagues and journalists here in terms of this CNN report that he keeps quoting”, Baldwin said.