Trump Is Predictably Signaling the Iowa Caucus Will Be Stolen From Him

Earlier this month, Ron DeSantis bluntly told the press that Donald Trump would claim the Iowa caucus was stolen from him if he lost it. The Iowa caucus won’t conclude until March 2024, but Trump is already publicly signaling his opponents will try to steal it from him.

In a recent rambling video uploaded to Truth Social, the former president encouraged voters to support him in the Iowa caucus: “Teach them how to caucus, take them in your car on caucus night if you have to. Do whatever is necessary, we gotta get ‘em in, we gotta make America great again.”

“So do whatever it takes. If you do, we will win and we will win big,” Trump continued before adding, “You know the other side does cheat and we’re not gonna let that happen, we cannot let that happen.” 

Trump’s desperate urging follows surprising recent polling which indicates his former subordinate, Nikki Haley, is nipping at his heels in Iowa. 

In mid-December, the beleaguered Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, prophesied this predictable turn of events when asked by a reporter: “If Trump loses, he will say it's stolen no matter what.”

“He will try to delegitimize the results. He did that against Ted Cruz in 2016,” DeSantis said, adding, “Even when, like, the Apprentice didn’t get an Emmy, he said [it was stolen].” 

Trump’s history of baseless claims of election fraud go back to at least the 2016 presidential election, which he won; he claimed the election would be stolen and, eventually, that he only lost the popular vote because “millions” of undocumented migrants voted for Hillary Clinton.

Trump has still not formally conceded the 2020 presidential election, which he lost to Joe Biden. All recounts and forensic audits have concluded the election was free and fair, despite Trump’s lies.

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