"It is absolutely outrageous that the media would participate in election interference by calling the race before tens of thousands of Iowans even had a chance to vote.The Associated Press and other major news outlets projected former President Donald Trump to win the Iowa caucuses about 30 minutes after they began — and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' campaign is calling the early call "election interference."
DeSantis campaign spokesperson Andrew Romeo has claimed that the media is "in the tank for Trump" in a formal statement.
The media is in the tank for Trump and this is the most egregious example yet." pic.twitter.com/ixvhCx5r4R
— Zach Montanaro (@ZachMontanaro) January 16, 2024
"Absolutely outrageous that the media would participate in election interference by calling the race before tens of thousands of Iowans even had a chance to vote," Romeo wrote. "The media is in the tank for Trump and this is the most egregious example yet."
Romeo also wrote the statement in a post on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. Absolutely outrageous that the media would participate in election interference by calling the race before tens of thousands of Iowans even had a chance to vote. The media is in the tank for Trump and this is the most egregious example yet.
— Andrew Romeo (@andrewromeo33) January 16, 2024
Christina Pushaw, the rapid response director for the campaign, also shared posts from DeSantis supporters calling it "election interference." They are calling it as the caucus sites are still ongoing. If that isn’t election interference I don’t know what is. They are literally trying to force people to go home because it’s already over according to the news networks. In 2024 news travels fast. We’ve become a…
— Nick Stelzner (@stelzner_n1150) January 16, 2024
"They are calling it as the caucus sites are still ongoing," a DeSantis supporter wrote in a post shared by Pushaw. "If that isn’t election interference I don’t know what is. They are literally trying to force people to go home because it’s already over according to the news networks. In 2024 news travels fast. We’ve become a dictatorship that picks our representatives. Wow, just wow!"
DeSantis and neoconservative candidate Nikki Haley were ping-ponging back and forth for second place as the early vote counts came in.
