Florida Governor Ron DeSantis struck a positive tone in his speech in Iowa, echoing the narrative of his campaign and supporters as he proudly announced his campaign moving forward. Many of his supporters accused the media of election interference after former President Donald Trump acknowledged the violence. Hawkeye State win earlier in the evening.
“Everything but the kitchen is on us,” DeSantis told supporters in a post-caucus speech, in a very positive tone.
“They threw everything but the kitchen sink at us,” he reiterated, claiming his campaign paid $50 million in attack ads.
“Nobody had ever seen anything like that, just through the state of Iowa. They, the media, were against us. They were writing our obituary months ago. DeSantis said Trump's campaign and allies have accused the media of “election interference” for calling Trump's race early on when it was clear that he had won a historic victory. he said before repeating the story. For the former president.
“They called an election before people even had a chance to vote,” DeSantis said. “But they were so excited about the fact that they predicted we weren’t going to get ticketed out of here in Iowa.”
“But I can tell you, because of your support, we got punched out of Iowa despite everything that everyone was against us and everyone was throwing at us.” He explained that he had taught him things. There is “basic common sense” in this country.
“We have hard-working people, God-fearing people, patriotic people. We don't see it every day because of the nonsense being spewed out by the media and social media and everything else,” he said. said, adding, “People want to have hope for the future of this country, and that's what we represent.”
“We represent an opportunity to reverse the madness we have seen in this country, to reverse the decline of this country, to give this country a new birth of freedom and a restoration of sanity. That's what we're going to do,” he promised, later adding that his supporters “helped me get ticketed out of the Hawkeye State.”
“We have a lot of work to do, but I can tell you this: As the next president of the United States, I'm going to get the job done for this country. I'm not going to make excuses. And I can assure you of this. “I will not let you down,” DeSantis added.
clock:
“They threw everything at us except the kitchen sink.” @RonDeSantis he says as supporters shout “Ron!” Ron! Ron! ”
They spent about $50 million attacking us.
The media was against us – they had written our obituary months earlier.
They even called elections before people had a chance to vote… pic.twitter.com/KZskApPg8C
— DeSantis War Room 🐊 (@DeSantisWarRoom) January 16, 2024
As of 11:50 p.m. ET Monday, Trump leads Iowa with more than 95 percent results. caucus meeting Mr. DeSantis received 21.2 percent support, or 8 delegates, compared to 51 people, or 19 delegates.
