Donald Trump, who gave a gracious concession Monday night after finishing second to Ted Cruz in Iowa, took to Twitter on Tuesday accusing the Texas senator of fraud and calling for the caucus results to be nullified.
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
Cruz responded in a Tweet by noting that Democrat Bernie Sanders had not conceded in Iowa to Hillary Clinton. “Maybe Donald should go back to IA & join the Ds,” wrote Cruz.
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
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The New York billionaire accused the Cruz campaign of telling GOP caucusgoers before they voted that retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson was dropping out of the race. The false information – for which Cruz apologized to Carson – was based on a CNN report that Carson was not heading to New Hampshire to campaign, as were the other candidates. Carson competed directly with Cruz for the evangelical vote, which made up over half of the GOP caucus results.
Bernie is contesting #IA results. Maybe Donald should go back to IA & join the Ds. Bet they'd love #TrumpCare https://t.co/uTdU9Uv9sL
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) February 3, 2016
Trump also blasted Cruz for a voter mailer that appeared official and listed the recipient’s neighbors, giving all of them a score for voter participation and saying they were in “violation” for not voting. The Iowa secretary of state issued a statement rebuking the Cruz campaign but Cruz said he would not apologize for engaging in tactics to get voters to caucus.
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
Meanwhile, a prominent Texan, Dallas billionaire Mark Cuban, weighed in on the presidential race on Twitter, as well, saying he was an ABC voter, “anyone but Cruz.”
.@KrisShafer honestly I'm an ABC voter. Anyone But Cruz. Labeling everything and everyone including himself is the opposite of leadership
— Mark Cuban (@mcuban) January 31, 2016
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