2024 Election Watch: Trump ‘dominates’ Iowa caucus with DeSantis ‘in distant second’

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WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 04: U.S. President Donald Trump is greeted by Rep. Mike Johnson (R-LA) before the State of the Union address in the House chamber on February 4, 2020 in Washington, DC. Trump is delivering his third State of the Union address on the night before the U.S. Senate is set to vote in his impeachment trial. (Photo by Leah Millis-Pool/Getty Images)

After former President Donald Trump dominated Monday night’s Iowa caucus the GOP primary field tightened, leaving big statements and decisions to be made by all candidates.

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“Donald Trump notched a commanding win in the Iowa GOP caucuses, more than doubling the 24% support he received in 2016. Caucusgoers braved subzero temperatures to deliver a resounding victory for the former president, whose 30-point win was the largest for a contested presidential caucus in modern Iowa history” Fox News reported.

“Underscoring the extent of his dominance, Trump won almost every demographic group by double-digit margins. He was particularly strong among some of the largest groups of Iowa Republican caucusgoers: those without a college degree, very conservative voters and rural voters” added Fox.

Vivek Ramaswamy came in fourth, therefore deciding to end his campaign and throw his support behind Trump: “Earlier tonight, I called Donald Trump to tell him that I congratulate him on his victory. And now going forward, he will have my full endorsement for the presidency,” he later said.

DeSantis spoke at an election-night party Monday evening to his supporters stating his fight in the race will continue: “We have a lot of work to do, but I can tell you this as the next president of the United States: I am going to get the job done for this country,” he said to a cheering crowd. “I am not going to make any excuses. And I guarantee you this, I will not let you down.”

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After coming in behind DeSantis at third place, former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley announced on social media that the next time she debates she will be on stage beside Joe Biden or Donald Trump. The message is clear, considering Trump has skipped all five Republican primary debates.

“We’ve had five great debates in this campaign. Unfortunately, Donald Trump has ducked all of them. He has nowhere left to hide,” Haley said. “The next debate I do will either be with Donald Trump or with Joe Biden. I look forward to it.”

Without mentioning Florida governor Ron DeSantis in her speech Monday night, Haley referenced the Republican primaries as a “two-person race” insinuating between herself and Trump.

“I can safely say tonight Iowa made this Republican primary a two-person race,” Haley told her supporters at the caucus site in Des Moines, Iowa. “Tonight, I will be back in the great state of New Hampshire, and the question before Americans is now very clear: Do you want more of the same, or do you want a new generation of conservative leadership?”

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