2020 Presidential Election - Page 756

February 4, 2020

DNC boss Perez blasts Iowa caucus failure: ‘Should never happen again’

Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairman Tom Perez publicly rebuked the management of the Iowa caucuses, saying the chaos surrounding the first nominating contest of the 2020 presidential primary “should never happen again.”

February 4, 2020

Michigan Dems making play to challenge Iowa's political status after caucus mess

Michigan Democrats, led by Rep. Debbie Dingell, have relaunched a campaign to unseat Iowa as the first state on the presidential nominating calendar after Monday's vote-counting debacle, arguing the current system is broken and it’s time for another state to have a turn at the front.

February 4, 2020

Tim Scott: If Trump gets 14 percent of the African-American vote in November, it's 'game over'

Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., said Tuesday President Trump's key to reelection this November is the African-American vote, which has been one of the Democrats' key constituencies in recent decades.

February 4, 2020

MSNBC anchor Nicolle Wallace says Trump is 'the enemy' in fiery rant to unite Dems

MSNBC anchor Nicolle Wallace went on a rant on Monday night as the Iowa caucuses were underway, decrying that President Trump is "the enemy."

February 4, 2020

Washington Post's Jennifer Rubin mocked for dismissing Iowa caucuses after calling them 'so important'

Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin raised eyebrows with a piece that appeared to dismiss the importance of the Iowa Caucuses after writing another column earlier this year calling the first Democratic primary "so important."

February 4, 2020

Stacey Abrams suggests Iowa not 'representative' enough to be first nominating contest

Former Georgia Democratic gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams suggested on Tuesday that putting Iowa first in the primary season suppressed minority votes and ignored representation from "people of color."

February 4, 2020

CNN's John King walks back claim that Biden campaign planned to challenge Iowa results: It was 'stupid'

CNN anchor John King appeared to be walking back his reporting on Tuesday that the Biden campaign had planned on challenging the results of the Iowa caucuses, which has faced a lengthy delay over voter processing errors. 

February 4, 2020

Joe Biden lied about academic record in angry rant with voter

Former Vice President Joe Biden abruptly announced that he was canceling plans to appear at a primary night party in New Hampshire, as voters headed to the polls there in February.  It was also in the Granite State in 1987 that then-Sen. Joe Biden saw his first run for the White House derailed.

February 4, 2020

Ben Shapiro: Iowa caucus fiasco result of 'incompetence and idiocy' by Democrats

Ben Shapiro was the latest conservative voice to mock the Democratic party Tuesday for the largely unexplained and unprecedented error that delayed the reporting of the Iowa caucus results Monday night.

February 4, 2020

AOC warns against denying eventual Dem nominee: 'Dangerous territory'

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., warned her party about messing with the nominating process, arguing that it put candidates in "dangerous territory in terms of defeating" President Trump.