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Governor JB Pritzker (D-IL) said Monday on MSNBC’s Iowa caucus coverage that the “weakness” of former President Donald Trump was shown in his 30-plus point win. Pritzker said, “Almost half of the base of the Republican Party showing up for this caucus tonight voted against Donald Trump. Think about that. I mean, this is the most famous Republican. He’s the guy who, you know, basically built the modern Republican Party, the MAGA Republican Party that the Democrats are running against. Half of the people in that party did not vote for Donald Trump.” He continued, “I think that is telling....

SNIP: 14 minutes ago Trump makes bold vows to 'end crime', 'pay off the national debt' By Steven Nelson 25 minutes ago Vivek Ramaswamy suspends campaign, endorses Trump By Victor Nava 30 minutes ago Fox, CNN project DeSantis will edge Haley for second place By Samuel Chamberlain

Trump has now won the Iowa Caucuses, and he won big. Let’s look at some reactions. One of the great things about Twitter/X is that it happens in real time, so we are going to focus on reactions from just within the last hour or so. Take a look below. Conservative lawyer DC Draino says ‘MAGA is back’ Post See new posts Conversation DC_Draino @DC_Draino The impeached him twice Indicted him 4 times Raided his house with the FBI and buried him with lawsuits The deep state did everything it could to stop him, but President Trump just won the...

After visiting all 99 counties in Iowa and failing to win a single one, specifically because he visited all 99 counties in Iowa, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis declared the dark, unknown and mysterious forces of universe tried to stop him, “threw everything at him,” yet he alone stands victorious. Yeah, he actually said that. The DeSantis campaign put most of their resources into Iowa and gained a total of 23,000 votes (roughly 21%), quickly declaring victory in a tenuous 2nd place finish and proclaiming their victory ticket has been punched. The cognitive disconnect is exceptionally strong; but hey, everyone has...

In a political whirlwind, Donald Trump emerges victorious in the Iowa Caucuses, securing a massive landslide according to Jake Tapper. The news came so early that even Tapper, a CNN correspondent, remarked, "This is the earliest I can remember ever calling such a thing." What makes this triumph even more remarkable is the context provided by user. Trump, having been up for a relentless 24 hours, just landed in New York. Yet, there's no time for rest. His next stops? A court appearance in NYC and a rally in New Hampshire.

On the eve of the Iowa caucuses, Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida, a former ally of Donald J. Trump, delivered a blistering critique of the former President, implying that Trump prioritizes personal loyalty over the nation’s welfare. In 2017, Donald Trump, who was then serving as President, threw his support behind Ron DeSantis in the race for Florida’s governorship. This endorsement from Trump was a significant boost for DeSantis, a tea-party conservative, enabling him to surpass the right-wing GOP candidate Adam Putnam, who was serving as Florida’s agriculture commissioner at the time, Politico reported. “Congressman Ron DeSantis is a brilliant...

NEW YORK (AP) — The top strategist for the embattled super PAC backing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis ‘ campaign for the White House resigned Saturday night in the latest sign of trouble for the GOP hopeful less than one month before voting begins with Iowa’s kickoff caucuses. Jeff Roe, the top adviser to Never Back Down, is the latest senior staffer to exit Never Back Down, which has been the largest outside group supporting DeSantis’ candidacy. He announced his departure on X, the site formerly known as Twitter, hours after The Washington Post published a story focused on internal disputes...

The 2024 election campaign continues for the former President with another campaign stop in the crucial battleground state of Iowa. Join RSBN as we cover the 45th President of the United States in Ottumwa, IA. The broadcast is expected to begin at 12:00 pm ET on Oct. 1, 2023 Please note: Start times are estimated and are subject to change.

With four months until the GOP caucuses, presidential hopefuls are ramping up their campaigns in the Hawkeye state. More than half a dozen candidates will be in Des Moines this weekend for a presidential town hall. Republican presidential candidates are taking every chance they can to campaign in Iowa, joining in on many Iowa traditions like the Cy-Hawk game and the Iowa State Fair. Along with door knocking, these events are an opportunity to commit Iowans to caucus for the candidates; but many may be keeping an open mind. There have been times when people will kind of go into...

BAUER 2000 HEADQUARTERS is a $12 cab ride from downtown Des Moines -- or was a $12 cab ride from downtown Des Moines. By the time you read this, Gary Bauer's campaign headquarters in Iowa will probably be deserted, its computers, staffers, and fax machines broken up and redistributed among more viable Republican candidates, like, oh, Alan Keyes. But when I arrive three days before the Iowa Caucuses, the offices of former Reagan domestic policy adviser and future presidential-election footnote Gary Bauer are humming. I'm the only new volunteer to walk through the door in quite some time, apparently, so...

All political parties and candidates have bad days. But the new progressive Democratic Party had four of its worst days in recent memory in a single week in February. On Feb. 3, the Iowa Caucuses imploded for the first time in their history. The new app-driven counting melted down, discrediting the very idea of caucusing in general. The winner -- Pete Buttigieg by two delegates over Bernie Sanders -- was not known for days. The mess was ironic in a number of ways. The Democrats are the party of the Silicon Valley. They pride themselves on being on the cutting...

Granite State Democrats desperately want to pick a candidate who can beat Trump, but they’re not sure anyone on the primary ballot can do it. MANCHESTER, New Hampshire — It would be easy to mistake the feverish activity in New Hampshire over the past week for excitement. The state has been abuzz with Democratic presidential campaign events, armies of canvassers knocking on doors, curious voters from neighboring states coming to get a look at the candidates, and here in Manchester, swarms of reporters and camera crews.But when you talk to voters, the overarching feeling isn’t excitement or optimism, but anxiety....

By the end of February, the race for the Democratic nomination may have come down to a choice of one of three white men. Two are well into their 70s, and either would be the oldest president ever inaugurated. The third is a 38-year-old gay man in a same-sex marriage who would be our youngest president ever. How is it possible, if not probable, that Bernie Sanders, Michael Bloomberg and Pete Buttigieg will be the last three Democrats standing? Consider what the Iowa caucuses produced -- after the Democrats figured out how to count votes. Sanders won the popular vote...

Investigative journalism is challenging when the propagandists in mainstream and social media do everything they can to discredit the truth. This is what James O’Keefe at Project Veritas deals with on a regular basis as they drop bombshell after bombshell about Democrats, mainstream media, and Big Tech. Among those exposed by Project Veritas recently are Bernie Sanders’ campaign, CNN, and Twitter. This is why it’s not surprising Twitter has locked his account based on a Tweet last month that called for a correction from mainstream media.

Democratic Party officials said they plan to release a majority of Iowa's delayed presidential caucus results by late Tuesday, according to details shared with campaigns on a private conference call. The news did little to stem rising confusion and concern hours after voting ended without the release of a single result in the opening contest of the Democrats 2020 primary season. State party chairman Troy Price informed campaigns that he would release at least 50% of all caucus results at 4pm CST / 5 pm EST, but he declined to answer pointed questions from frustrated campaign representatives about when the...

Debacle. Disaster. Fiasco. There's no shortage of descriptors for the colossal cock-up that were the Democrat Iowa caucuses. Rather than choose just one among the many amusing moments as the liberal media tried to rummage through the ruins this morning, we present our readers with a mashup of lowlights from MSNBC's Morning Joe and CNN's New Day. Get the rest of the story and view the video here.

Joe Scarborough knows the results of the spiked Des Moines Register poll on the Iowa caucuses. And they apparently show Bernie Sanders with a big lead. So why is Scarborough refusing to disclose them? Yes, the newspaper decided to spike the results because it was concerned about a possible problem with its methodology. But that surely doesn't bind Scarborough. Aren't reporters supposed to report? Let Scarborough release the results, and let people decided for themselves how reliable they are. Scarborough can explain the possible problem with the polling to put the results in context. So why are Joe and other...

VIDEO Is it funny but also sad or is it sad but also funny? These are the the scenes of Joe Biden in his final days on the campaign trail in Iowa. Will it be his close to last hurrah? We might find out on the night of the Iowa caucuses.

The old becomes the new. It's less than a week from the Iowa caucuses, and Bernie Sanders, born in September 1941, three months before Pearl Harbor, leads the RealClearPolitics average of recent polls by 4 points in Iowa, 10 points in New Hampshire, and 5 points in the biggest delegate prize, the Super Tuesday-voting California. One hastens to add: The Sanders surge, like the Elizabeth Warren warming period from mid-September to mid-November and the Pete Buttigieg bump in December, may not last. Old-timers may remember when Sanders' fellow Vermonter Howard Dean, fierce critic of the Iraq war, was leading the...

It's one of the oldest games in the liberal media's playbook: trying to pass off liberal Democrat candidates as "moderates." CNN ran the con this morning . . . but an interesting Democrat actually reminded viewers of the truth: that the so-called "moderates" are actually to the left of where Barack Obama was when he first ran for president. CNN's New Day devoted a segment to the question of which Democrat Iowa caucus-goers might choose if they're looking for a "moderate." The supposed "moderates" mentioned by host Alisyn Camerota and reporter Jeff Zeleny were Joe Biden, Pete Buttigieg, and Amy...