Former President Donald Trump recently posted a video message Tuesday night and went on to urge his supporters to turn out for the 2024 Republican Iowa caucus in 20 days, but also accused his opponents of cheating via Mediaite.
Trump began the video clip by thanking his “Trump caucus captains” and urging them to “turn out” their voters on caucus night.
“Teach them how to caucus. Take them in your car on caucus night. If you have to do whatever is necessary, we’ve got to get them in. We got to make America great again. So do whatever it takes. If you do, we will win and win big,” Trump said in what began as a fairly standard political message.
Trump, in typical fashion, then accused the process of being rigged by his opposition.
“And that’s what you have to do. You know, the other side does cheat!” he insisted, adding:
And we’re not going to let that happen. We cannot let that happen. But that’s what we need from you. Get in your car, get a lot of people and get down and caucus. Give a great speech for me. I hope you will. And I know you will have such confidence in you as you had in me. And you have in me.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) won the GOP Iowa caucus in 2016, defeating Trump by 4 points. Trump immediately tweeted that Cruz stole the election. “Ted Cruz didn’t win Iowa, he illegally stole it. That is why all of the polls were so wrong any [sic] why he got more votes than anticipated. Bad!” Trump tweeted Wednesday morning.
Politico reported at the time that “the tweet disappeared within minutes of posting and was replaced by with another that no longer included the word ‘illegally.’”
“Based on the fraud committed by Senator Ted Cruz during the Iowa Caucus, either a new election should take place or Cruz results nullified,” Trump added and later threatened to sue.
