DeSantis team cries foul after Iowa called early for Trump

The Washington Times ^ | Monday, January 15, 2024 | Seth McLaughlin

[Candor7]

IN crisis , Ron turns into a whiney Democrat.

Ron, if you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen.

[MomwithHope]

“The media is in the tank for Trump and this is the most egregious example yet.”

Really? BWAHAHAHA!
That’s all he’s got.

[SamAdams76]

The networks have no business "calling" states in the first place. Why have we ceded that responsibility to them?

Their function is to report the results and leave it up to the states to declare the victors.

[bert]

I called the result early, early last week.

[SPDSHDW]

It was mathematically impossible in 2020 too.......

[Tommy Revolts]

Get over it Ron. Even Ray Charles could see this coming.

[moovova]

Nah, Ronnie...that won’t fly.

Ask Fox News and Arizona.

[jneesy]

LOL because we all know how the media is sooooo in the tank for Trump

[FreeReign]

Ron is calling the election results unfair?

LOL!

Hey Ron, remember what you said about Trump?

"Of course he lost", you said.

You said, “I think if we’re relitigating the past elections, if it’s about, you know, Donald Trump, or his legal issues, or criminal trials or all that stuff, you know, I think it’s going to be a really nasty election. I don’t think that puts Republicans in a good position to win,”

Hey bobblehead Ron. "Of course: you "lost". The election is "past". Quit "relitigating" it.

[FreeReign]

It was outrageous. Just as Trump was upset about Arizona being called early In 2020, it suppresses votes..

The election is past. Quit complaining about it. Of course he(Ron) lost.

Just paraphrasing Ron.

[Magnum44]

At least they could have spared us the ‘debates’...

[Golden Eagle]

I’m no arguing the outcome, I’m arguing the principle. Several Trump supporters don’t seem to care, so long as Trump wins.

[ThePatriotsFlag]

True, and I think the accuracy of it was FINE. But I do not believe results should be broadcast until everyone has voted. We don’t need this INSTANT stuff, an hour later is fine!!

[FreeReign]

I’m no arguing the outcome, I’m arguing the principle. Several Trump supporters don’t seem to care, so long as Trump wins.

Trump supporters have been arguing for the principle that our elections shouldn't be stolen.

Ron and some of his supporters tell us that we should move on.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Trump does not control the media. He has nothing to do with when they called it.

[Ultra Sonic 007]

It brings to mind the fact that DeSantis had been consistently criticizing Trump for ‘re-litigating’ the 2020 election, and not moving on...which is all fine and dandy, when you’re not the one who ‘lost’.

Maybe DeSantis’s complaints would be taken more seriously if he hadn’t been telling Trump to stop talking about the ‘rigged 2020 elections’.

[mbrfl]

It’s not like this suppressed turnout or anything. As I understand it, they close the doors at 7:00. Anyone in the building at that time votes. Anyone showing up after that point doesn’t get in. Does DeSantis think that caucus goers were glued to FOX and changed their preference once FOX called it? As I understand it, there are speeches, etc. going on. I can’t imagine that caucus goers are paying much attention to FOX or CNN during all that.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Why have we ceded that responsibility to them?

We didn't cede anything. The corporate media is owned by the globalists.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

De Sourgrapes?

Get off the stage. ;)

[Alberta's Child]

Something else to keep in mind is that the Iowa caucuses are not a “winner-take-all” format. Delegates are assigned to candidates proportionately, which explains how the GOP winners in Iowa have gone on to win the Republican nomination less than half the time since 1972. So the goal for a candidate isn’t necessarily to win Iowa, but to have a strong showing and grab a bunch of delegates even if you “lose.”

With that in mind, any DeSantis supporter whose vote was affected by an “early call” of the results is a moron who would have been better off staying home instead of wasting everyone’s time and oxygen at a caucus site.

I can see why DeSantis did poorly in Iowa. The voters of that state don’t take kindly to sanctimonious, overbearing jerks.