More “Trump Truth Bombs”?… BBC.com 2-3-16, “Donald Trump wants Iowa rematch, accusing Cruz of ‘fraud'”

To my view, this is another example of Mr. Trump tossing a “truth bomb”. He mentions the difference between the exit polls, which indicated Trump would win, vs. the results, where Ted Cruz “won”. So I say to Mr. Trump, “Keep the ‘Truth Bombs’ coming, baby!”

Now this showed up at RMN, which linked to an SOTN article, which I am not posting here, but below is the linked title.

Donald Trump rightly calls the Iowa primary vote a fraud, exposes the fraudulent electoral process

Below are quotes from the BBC.com article, and below that are a couple from the SOTN article.

[from BBC.com] “”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!” Mr Trump said.

“Paul Pate, the top election official in Iowa, condemned Cruz campaign leaflets sent out prior to voting that accused Iowans of “voting violations”. The leaflets graded Iowans and their neighbours for how much they had voted in the past and told them to turn out to improve their scores.

[from SOTN] “[editor] By calling the IOWA primary a fraud, Donald Trump is simply calling a spade a spade. The Iowa primary has always been a massive fraud, just as the New Hampshire has always been. These two states — Iowa and New Hampshire — are systematically used by those who really control the electoral process to manipulate the ultimate outcome of the general election.

“The tweet that Cruz sent out about Ben Carson was responsible for “spreading a rumor that the former neurosurgeon had dropped out of the race.” Talk about outright fraud! Then they lied about the the original source of the strategically place ‘rumor’. Of course, this has gone on for many decades without detection until now with Trump rightfully screaming about it. He has also correctly pointed out that Cruz has big money behind him. It doesn’t get any bigger than Goldman Sachs, does it?! Not only did Cruz receive loans from Goldman totaling over $1.2 million, his wife was until recently a senior executive with the notorious investment banking operation.”

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Donald Trump wants Iowa rematch, accusing Cruz of ‘fraud’

Presidential candidate Donald Trump has called for a new election in Iowa, accusing the Republican winner, Ted Cruz, of fraud.

Mr Trump pointed to the fact that during the caucus the Cruz campaign told voters rival Ben Carson planned to quit the race, which was not true.

The Cruz campaign apologised to Carson, saying it was a misunderstanding.

Mr Trump came second in the first state-by-state contest to pick each party’s presidential nominee.

Next up is New Hampshire, where voters will make their choice in the Republican and Democratic races on Tuesday.

“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!” Mr Trump said.

Earlier, he wrote on Twitter that Mr Cruz “illegally” won the caucus, but later deleted the tweet.

Paul Pate, the top election official in Iowa, condemned Cruz campaign leaflets sent out prior to voting that accused Iowans of “voting violations”.

The leaflets graded Iowans and their neighbours for how much they had voted in the past and told them to turn out to improve their scores.

Mr Pate said Mr Cruz’s leaflets “misrepresent Iowa election law” and that they were “not in keeping in the spirit of the Iowa caucuses,” but he stopped short of any official action.

The reaction contrasts with his concession speech on Monday night, which was seen as a humble departure from his usual bombastic style.

Mr Trump called second place “a long-shot great finish” in an earlier tweet.

Mr Cruz’s camp is not taking the accusations too seriously.

“Reality just hit the reality star – he lost Iowa and now nobody is talking about him, so he’s popping off on Twitter,” Mr Cruz’s communications director Rick Tyler told Politico in an email.

“There are support groups for Twitter addiction, perhaps he should find his local chapter.”

Video… view at original article.

There is no precedent for re-staging a caucus.

Mr Carson accepted Mr Cruz’s apology about the drop-out rumours, but his campaign called the tactics “dirty tricks”.

The remaining candidates are now in New Hampshire, the next state to hold a primary vote, where Mr Trump is leading in the polls.

Also on Wednesday, Kentucky Senator Rand Paul and former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum dropped out of the Republican race after disappointing finishes in Iowa.