Two days after graciously congratulating Texas Sen. [crscore]Ted Cruz[/crscore] on his caucus victory in Iowa, billionaire businessman Donald Trump is singing a more sour tune. Trump now says Cruz “stole it.”
Ted Cruz didn't win Iowa, he stole it. That is why all of the polls were so wrong and why he got far more votes than anticipated. Bad!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 3, 2016
During Monday’s caucus, Cruz staffers circulated a CNN story claiming Dr. Ben Carson would be ending his campaign after the vote. The story was false, since Carson was only taking a day off the trail to return home to “get fresh clothes,” but it wasn’t clarified until after the vote. The Cruz campaign has admitted circulating the false news story but insists the error was on CNN’s part.
The Cruz campaign’s actions were based on the CNN story and not a rumor started by them, according to the campaign. But that hasn’t stopped Trump from claiming fraud.
During primetime of the Iowa Caucus, Cruz put out a release that @RealBenCarson was quitting the race, and to caucus (or vote) for Cruz.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 3, 2016
Many people voted for Cruz over Carson because of this Cruz fraud. Also, Cruz sent out a VOTER VIOLATION certificate to thousands of voters.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 3, 2016
The Voter Violation certificate gave poor marks to the unsuspecting voter(grade of F) and told them to clear it up by voting for Cruz. Fraud
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 3, 2016
And finally, Cruz strongly told thousands of caucusgoers (voters) that Trump was strongly in favor of ObamaCare and "choice" – a total lie!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 3, 2016
Based on the fraud committed by Senator Ted Cruz during the Iowa Caucus, either a new election should take place or Cruz results nullified.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 3, 2016