Donald Trump, Who Attempted A Coup To Hold Onto Power, Comfortably Wins Iowa Caucuses
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The former president faces a total of 91 felony charges in four separate indictments, but still maintains a hold over Republican primary voters.
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa – Donald Trump, who three years ago attempted a violent coup to remain in the White House and now faces decades in prison for it, nevertheless comfortably won the first nominating contest in the 2024 Republican presidential race at the Iowa caucuses on Monday as he seeks to regain his old job.
Trump’s rivals and party leaders largely declined to criticize Trump’s words and actions leading up to and on Jan. 6, 2021, allowing him to recast the history of that day in the minds of most Republican primary voters. Even his top two remaining challengers, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, have avoided attacking Trump for the behavior underlying his 91 felony charges as they focused on each other in their battle for second place.
Trump also leads in polls in the next election, New Hampshire’s primary a week from Tuesday, although by a much smaller margin than his 30-point pre-caucus polling lead in Iowa. Should he win New Hampshire as well, Republican consultants largely agree that he would effectively lock up the nomination.
If so, that could put the Republican Party in the position of heading into the summer convention with its presumptive nominee: a convicted felon awaiting sentencing.
Trump is facing criminal prosecution in four separate jurisdictions. In Washington, D.C., and Atlanta, he is under federal and Georgia state indictments, respectively, for his attempts to overturn his election loss and remain in power.
The CNN conservative commentator is "a perfect metaphor for the GOP," argued Miles Taylor.
Trump said the gift indicated that he is "dealing with the right people."
The former White House communications director gave "Trump derangement syndrome" a new definition.
The party's run of success in special elections across the country over the past year continues even in Republican dominated Florida.
One survey has the public grading his handling of the economy worse than former President Joe Biden.
The data guru declared that there's "no way on God's green earth" that the GOP retains the House majority if such numbers hold until the midterms.
During a stop by MS NOW, U.S. intelligence expert John Brennan said the president is "flailing" and doing anything he can to move the needle.
The 34-year-old said she hoped to "take accountability for the wrongs that [I’ve] done" by including a reference to her mom's 2015 killing in a viral TikTok clip.
The firebrand rightwinger tried so hard to highlight a supposed Trump win but she flubbed it in a big way.
Despite having been in Florida while early voting was underway, Trump chose to cast his ballot by mail, a method he's vowed to outlaw for most Americans.
MS NOW’s Michael Steele charged the president with his “petty” and “degrading” behavior.
The California governor's press office did ask nicely, though.
Markwayne Mullin also recalled threatening his daughter’s boyfriend in the 2023 address.