I think we were all kind of pleasantly surprised when Donald Trump took his loss in Iowa with relative good grace on caucus night. My working theory is that Trump has been down sick with a cold that started at some point over the weekend, and that was pretty evident in his Sunday show appearances, as well as the Iowa rally I visited on Monday. Yesterday at his NH presser he sounded better, but not completely well.

This morning, however, he woke up and gave us the pre-school tantrum we’ve all been expecting, and it is glorious.

Based on the fraud committed by Senator Ted Cruz during the Iowa Caucus, either a new election should take place or Cruz results nullified. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 3, 2016

There are a lot of things that Donald Trump knows almost nothing about, and one of them is apparently how a democracy works. “My opponent was mean to me” or “my opponent said things that were not true” is not a basis for doing an election over or throwing out a candidate’s votes. Never has been in the history of the Republic. Which, frankly, is a good thing for Trump because roughly 80% of what falls out of his mouth is an absolute lie. But what, exactly, was the big tough guy’s complaint?

Ted Cruz didn’t win Iowa, he stole it. That is why all of the polls were so wrong and why he got far more votes than anticipated. Bad! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 3, 2016

During primetime of the Iowa Caucus, Cruz put out a release that @RealBenCarson was quitting the race, and to caucus (or vote) for Cruz. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 3, 2016

Many people voted for Cruz over Carson because of this Cruz fraud. Also, Cruz sent out a VOTER VIOLATION certificate to thousands of voters. — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 3, 2016

The Voter Violation certificate gave poor marks to the unsuspecting voter(grade of F) and told them to clear it up by voting for Cruz. Fraud — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 3, 2016

And finally, Cruz strongly told thousands of caucusgoers (voters) that Trump was strongly in favor of ObamaCare and “choice” – a total lie! — Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) February 3, 2016



Look, I wasn’t crazy about the flyers, but that’s not what the word “fraud” means, Donald. Second, the issue with the Carson campaign was based on a report by CNN, which was not Cruz’s fault, and which also does not constitute “fraud.” Third, this kind of despicable BS is worse than anything Howard Dean ever did.

Get lost, Trump. Go start your third party run, which is clearly what you’re setting yourself up to do here. We’ll take our chances with Cruz/Rubio vs. you and Hillary any day.