Donald Trump earned a historic victory within the Iowa Caucuses Monday evening, trouncing his competitors so severely that the Associated Press known as the race solely 31 minutes after the caucus formally started.
“I really think this is time now for everybody — our country — to come together,” Trump mentioned in a gracious victory speech. “We need to come collectively.
“Whether it’s 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 straighten out all of the death and destruction that we’re witnessing.”
With the outcomes of some precincts nonetheless excellent, Trump stood at over 50 % with Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley nonetheless battling for a distant second place.
“I want to congratulate Ron and Nikki for having a good a good time together,” Trump mentioned. “We’re all having an excellent time collectively. And I believe they each really did very effectively. I actually do. I believe they each did very effectively. We don’t even know the result of second place.
Trump additionally took a shot on the Congress, notably the Senate, for not uniting round him.
Around twenty Republican senators have endorsed Trump, though Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) — who a current ballot discovered the least well-liked politician within the nation at solely a six % approval score — has continued to oppose Trump since a really public falling out on the finish of Trump’s first time period.
“We have so many senators. If I go through every name, we’ll be here all night and everybody’s gonna get angry at me,” Trump mentioned. “But the senators, the congressmen from Washington, they came down from all different states. I want to thank you very much.”
Trump talked in regards to the traditionally poor state of the nation, calling for Republicans to unite round his candidacy. “It’s practically never been like this. It’s just so important. And I want to make that a very big part of our message. We’re going to come together. It’s going to happen soon too, and I appreciate it.”
Bradley Jaye is a Capitol Hill Correspondent for Breitbart News. Follow him on X/Twitter at @BradleyAJaye.
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