Democratic Illinois Governor JB Pritzker claims that Donald Trump's performance in the Iowa caucuses shows “the weakness of Donald Trump.”
Pritzker, a surrogate for the Biden campaign, made the remarks Monday night on MSNBC during vote counting. In the end, Trump won by a large margin with 51.01% of the vote, followed by Ron DeSantis with 21.23%, Nikki Haley with 19.12%, and Vivek Ramaswamy with 7.66%. He then canceled his campaign and endorsed Trump.
“He's the most famous Republican. He basically built the modern Republican Party, the MAGA Republican Party that Democrats are competing with, and half of the members of that party didn't vote for Donald Trump,” Pritzker said. Told. MSNBC.
“So I think this is instructive. It speaks to the weakness of Donald Trump, and also the opportunity for the Democratic Party, because ultimately, if you look at the general election, Donald Trump's base of support is “If we don't get an enthusiastic advantage, the Democrats will reveal their base, and as you know, this is an independent issue, and independents don't like Donald Trump,” he added. . “So I think we're in a very good position tonight to see what's going on on the Republican side.”
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Former Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump takes to the stage Monday night at a caucus night party in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP/Andrew Harnik)
Pritzker added, “If Donald Trump is actually the winner tonight and can win New Hampshire and South Carolina, then the race is probably over, but the truth is that all of these candidates are mini-me Trump. “I'm running as a Republican,” he said. ”
Pritzker said last year that he supports Biden's 2024 re-election campaign.
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Illinois Governor JB Pritzker speaks at the Clinton Global Initiative meeting in New York City on September 19, 2023. (John Nasion/WireImage/Getty Images)
Meanwhile, Mr Biden, in a tweet late last night, described Mr Trump as the “clear frontrunner” after Iowa.
In Iowa, DeSantis and Haley came in second and third place, while Ramaswamy, who finished fourth, suspended her campaign. (Getty Images)
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“It looks like Donald Trump won Iowa. He's the clear front-runner on the other side at this point,” Biden said in a post on X. MAGA Republicans, it was true yesterday and it will be true tomorrow. ”
