DeSantis Vows To Stay In Race, Blasts Media For Quickly Projecting Trump Win In Iowa

The 2024 presidential marketing campaign of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ripped into the media Monday night after many retailers predicted former President Donald Trump would win the Iowa caucus shortly after polls closed.

The marketing campaign alleged “election interference” after shops shortly referred to as the race for Trump, who completed with some 51 p.c of the vote over DeSantis’ 21.2 p.c and former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley’s 19.1 p.c, in keeping with The Associated Press.

“Absolutely outrageous that the media would participate in election interference by calling the race before tens of thousands of Iowans even had a chance to vote. The media is in the tank for Trump and this is the most egregious example yet,” DeSantis marketing campaign spokesperson Andrew Romeo said on X.

The AP referred to as the race round 8:31 p.m. EDT. “Outlets such as CNN, MSNBC and Fox News made the same projection around the same time. Decision Desk HQ also called the race for Trump just before 9 p.m. Eastern,” The Hill noted.

The outlet added:

The caucus conferences kicked off at 8 p.m. Eastern, anticipated to range in size throughout areas within the state, with some outcomes out there in as little as half an hour and others not anticipated till later this night, in keeping with The Des Moines Register. 

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When the projections put Trump because the winner, the second-place winner was nonetheless up within the air — with Haley and DeSantis neck-and-neck for runner-up.  

Heading into Monday’s intently watched contest, observers broadly anticipated Trump to win the Hawkeye State — however DeSantis has been investing closely within the state. He’s accomplished a tour of all 99 Iowa counties and secured the endorsement of Iowa Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds.

“The very, very early results show Trump winning big, but the early network call is a little questionable. People are still at caucus sites, and they have phones – how many people see the call and bail?” Semafor reporter David Weigel said on X.

Earlier on Monday, DeSantis vowed that he would proceed his marketing campaign even when his end in Iowa — which Trump was all the time anticipated to win — went worse than he anticipated.

“You are not dropping out of this race tonight or tomorrow, no matter what? Fair?” an MSNBC reporter requested.

“No, we are going on. We’ve been built for the long haul. It is all about the accumulation of delegates.”

“Even if you come in third place tonight, there is no chance your campaign is dropping out? Is that what you are saying?” the reporter adopted up, in keeping with the Daily Caller.

“We’re in it for the long haul. We’re going to do well. I know the media likes to do the speculation. I’m excited for the votes to come in because that will be the first real data point,” DeSantis replied.

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After his victory, Trump referred to as on the remaining GOP contenders to drop out and rally round him.

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“I really think this is time now for everybody to come together, whether it is Republican or Democrat or liberal or conservative. It would be so nice if we could come together and straighten out the world and straighten out the problems and all of the death and destruction that we’re witnessing that has practically never been seen,” he mentioned. “I wish to make {that a} massive a part of our message. We’re going to come back collectively.

“I want to congratulate Ron and Nikki for having a good time together,” Trump informed supporters. “They had a good time together, and I think they both actually did very well. We don’t even know what the outcome of second place is.”

“I also want to congratulate Vivek because he did a hell of a job. He came from zero, and he’s got a big percent, probably almost eight percent, and that is an amazing job,” Trump mentioned. “Very smart people, very capable people.”