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Thursday 4 February 2016
Trump accuses Cruz of fraud in Iowa caucuses
NASHUA, New Hampshire Republicans who backed
(AP) — Donald Trump ac-
cused Ted Cruz of fraud in the previous White House
the Iowa caucuses, Rand
Paul dropped out of the bids of his father, Ron Paul.
crowded Republican race
and candidates from both Florida Sen. Marco Rubio,
major parties focused on
New Hampshire before the who placed third among
state’s first-in-the-nation
primary next Tuesday. the Republicans in Iowa,
In attacks posted on his
official Twitter account said he will try to persuade
Wednesday, Trump said
“either a new election some of Rand Paul’s sup-
should take place or Cruz
results nullified” in Mon- porters to redirect their
day’s Iowa contest. The
billionaire businessman support to him, despite the
placed second behind
the conservative Texas stark differences the two
senator. The tweets were
a reversal for Trump, who have on foreign policy.
congratulated Cruz on
Monday night and told Rubio is trying to be the Re-
reporters on Tuesday he
was “very happy with what publican establishment’s
happened in Iowa.”
But a Trump tweet on preferred alternative to
Wednesday accused the
Cruz campaign of telling Trump or Cruz.
Iowa voters that Ben Car-
son was quitting the race For the Democrats, Hillary
so he could steal Carson
votes. Clinton was seeking to turn
Earlier Wednesday, Cruz
spokesman Rick Tyler told a narrow victory in Iowa
CNN the Texas senator had
apologized personally to over Vermont Sen. Bernie
Carson. Tyler said the Cruz
team “as a campaign” Sanders into some mo-
never alleged Carson was
dropping out. mentum. The former secre-
Carson said the Monday
comment amounted to tary of state and first lady
“dirty tricks.”
Asked whether the cam- defeated Sanders by less
paign planned to file a
formal complaint, Trump Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump meets with attendees during a campaign stop than three-tenths of 1 per-
campaign manager Corey Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2016, in Milford, N.H.
Lewandowski said: “Wait cent, the closest result in
and see.” Officials from the Associated Press
Iowa Republican Party did Iowa Democratic caucus
not respond immediately
to questions about their history, the state party said.
process for handling com-
plaints like Trump’s. New Hampshire is the sec-
Meanwhile, Paul said he
ond in a series of state-by-
state nominating contests
to decide who will be each
party’s candidate for presi-
dent in November.
Polls show Sanders lead-
ing by double digits in New
Hampshire, which neigh-
bors Vermont.
Trump has been leading
the Republican polls in
New Hampshire, which has
historically favored more
moderate candidates
than Iowa. Polls show well
over half of Republican
voters have yet to make
up their minds. Ohio Gov.
John Kasich, former Florida
Gov. Jeb Bush and New
Jersey Gov. Chris Christie
all hope New Hampshire
will breathe life into their
flagging campaigns.
Republican presidential candidate, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas speaks at a town hall campaign Candidates are also look-
event, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2016, in Henniker, N.H. ing ahead to more diverse
Associated Press South Carolina, which
will now turn his full atten- tion campaign in Kentucky. voters beyond the small holds the first primary in the
tion to his Senate re-elec- He never caught on with group of libertarian-leaning
South later this month.q
