Brad Parscale, Donald Trump's campaign manager, issued a statement Monday on the Iowa caucuses that have suffered a series of largely unexplained delays and raised questions about the legitimacy of the contest.
"Democrats
are stewing in a caucus mess of their own creation with the sloppiest
train wreck in history. It would be natural for people to doubt the
fairness of the process. And these are the people who want to run our
entire health care system?" Parscale said.
In the statement, he also said the Republican caucuses had a "record turnout" for Trump.
Supporters for Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth
Warren, D-Mass., raise their hands to be counted during a Democratic
party caucus at Hoover High School, Monday, Feb. 3, 2020, in Des Moines,
Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
"Tonight President Trump posted a record performance
in the well-run GOP Iowa caucuses with [a] record turnout for an
incumbent,” he added.
His statement comes as people been
reportedly waiting hours for the Iowa Democratic Party to share their
results. Inconsistencies in reporting are allegedly causing the delay.
The
Iowa Democratic Party said Monday night that results from the state’s
first-in-the-nation caucus were indefinitely delayed due to “quality
checks” and “inconsistencies” in some reporting, an embarrassing
complication that added a new layer of doubt to an already uncertain
presidential primary season.
The party said the problem was not a result of a “hack or an intrusion.”
Monday’s
confusion allowed every candidate to claim momentum, though no results
were announced by the state party as Monday night was about to turn to
Tuesday.
“It
looks like it’s going to be a long night, but we’re feeling good,”
former Vice President Joe Biden said, suggesting the final results would
“be close.” “We’re in this for the long haul.” Fox News' Gregg Re and the Associated Press contributed to this report
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