DeSantis Says Trump Will Lie About 2024 Election Results ‘No Matter What’
Republican presidential candidate and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis predicted that if Donald Trump loses the Iowa Caucus or New Hampshire primary, he “will say it’s stolen no matter what” on the campaign trail Friday.
“Governor, do you expect the former president to accept the results, say, in Iowa or New Hampshire, given the unfounded claims about 2020?” asked a reporter.
“If Trump loses, he will say it’s stolen no matter what, absolutely. He will try to delegitimize the results,” answered DeSantis. “He did that against Ted Cruz in 2016, and he will do that. I mean, even when like The Apprentice didn’t get an Emmy, he said. So I think I don’t think there’s been a single time he’s ever been in competition for something where he didn’t get it, where he’s accepted. I don’t think he will do that.”
“If Trump loses, he will say it’s stolen no matter what,” @RonDeSantis said in response to my question on whether he expects the former President to accept results in Iowa and New Hampshire. @NewsNation pic.twitter.com/ityMqD2GOL
— Libbey Dean (@LibbeyDean_) December 15, 2023
Trump famously declared that Cruz had stolen the 2016 Iowa Caucus from him before repeating that stunt on a much grander scale in 2020 after losing the presidency to Joe Biden.
“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!” tweeted Trump the day after the 2016 Iowa Caucus. He later deleted his original post before reposting it without the word “illegally” in it.
“Based on the fraud committed by Senator Ted Cruz during the Iowa Caucus, either a new election should take place or Cruz results nullified,” he continued.
Ted Cruz didn’t win Iowa, he stole it. That is why all of the polls were so wrong and why he got far more votes than anticipated. Bad!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 3, 2016
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