Posted on 02/02/2016 7:19:17 AM PST by COUNTrecount
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said he was "honored" with his second place finish in the Iowa caucuses and vowed that he will win the nomination and beat "whoever the hell" the Democrats nominate in a speech in Iowa on Monday night.
Trump said, "[O]n June 16th, when we started this journey, there were 17 candidates. I was told by everybody, 'Do not go to Iowa. You could never finish even in the top ten.' And I said, 'But I have friends in Iowa. I know a lot of people in Iowa. I think they'll really like me. Let's give it a shot.' They said, 'Don't do it.' I said, 'I have to do it.' And, we finished second, and I want to tell you something, I'm just honored, I'm really honored."
Trump then congratulated all the other candidates, mentioning Iowa's winner Texas Senator Sen. Ted Cruz and former Arkansas Mike Huckabee, who suspended his campaign, by name.
After thanking his staff and family, Trump stated, "We have a poll, we're 28 points ahead, okay? New Hampshire. We love New Hampshire. We love South Carolina. And we're leaving tonight, and tomorrow afternoon, we'll be in New Hampshire, and that'll be something special. It's going to be a great week, and we're going to be up here next week. And I think we're going to be proclaiming victory, I hope." He added, "I don't know who's going to win between Bernie and Hillary. I don't know what's going to happen with Hillary, she's got other problems, maybe bigger than the problems she's got, in terms of nominations, but we've had so many different indications, and polls that we beat her, and we beat her easily. And we will go on to get the Republican nomination,
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Classy concession speech. On to New Hampshire.
Unusual silence from DT Twitter - last tweet 15h ago.
Yes, great speech. As much as I love his bluster, I hope he shifts his tone to policy and touting his record, and pointing out the tarnish on both Rubio’s and Cruz’s record.
Go Trump! Regroup and continue on!
He’s probably still asleep. I’d be tired if I stayed up all night, too.
I think Trump needs to take a minute to tone down his rhetoric.
He needs to win big with Rubio a distant second. Be better with Cruz in second, but that ain’t looking good.
Just curious about Rubio’s 7 delegates.
If he wasn’t running, who would those have gone to?
In a Trump/Cruz only primary, who gets those 7?
A meal of crow can be dry.
He’s got to be exhausted, did two and three rallies a day.
Rest up, Donald then give ‘em hell.
What he say? "bigger than the problems she's got"" HUH?
I agree. Trump showed a humble side that must appeal to anyone who saw him. And I support Cruz. Rubio bothers me.
>> Classy concession speech.
As a Cruz supporter, my hat’s off to Trump for the way he handled the result of the caucus. I confess that I expected less and I’m happy to see I was wrong in my expectation.
Do we have any polling data on Second choice for Rubio voters on the entrance polls.?
Maybe it would help some of us if Donald Trump started pointing to his record, of how he has IN THE PAST, embraced conservatism and helped elect zealous people who wanted to curb the power of the Federal Govt, and HOW he plans to cut funds to Planned Parenthood. Come on Trump, DO NOT BE SILENT.
This should be a wakeup call to Trump.
Constant grenade throwing is not a solid long term plan.
Cruz needs to dump Beck and stop the grenade throwing too.
He made a good start last night. As media savy as he is, he probably needs to study the tape. That speech is the right tone. The very opposite of Dean.
Yes, classy.
People who really know Trump say he is nothing like his public bluster. In fact quite the opposite.
Doesn’t drink, smoke or stay up late (other than to tweet haha).
We’ll see how he handles himself publicly after IA. He has to win NH just as Cruz needed IA.
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