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Trump’s Accusing DeSantis’ Wife of Trying to Rig the Iowa Caucus.
Of course he is.
If anything about Trump has become clear in the years since the 2020 election has taken place, it’s that Trump believes his own delusions. He has fed the lie that the election was stolen from him so many times, at this point it would frankly be shocking if he didn’t come to believe it himself. But of course, the lies have bred paranoia and with that has come more accusations. Accusations of wrongdoing and collusion against him that this time are centered around none other than Ron DeSantis’ wife.
“Casey DeSantis, who encouraged mothers and grandmothers to “descend” on the state and remarked that they “do not have to be a resident of Iowa to be able to participate in the caucus,” unwittingly gave confusing guidance that prompted the Iowa Republican Party to post on X that only Iowa residents could actually vote in the caucuses.
Florida’s first lady soon clarified that out-of-state backers of her husband’s presidential bid would be welcome in Iowa to help the campaign and advocate for her husband to GOP caucusgoers…
…However, Trump sought to paint both Ron DeSantis and Casey DeSantis as complicit in voter fraud, an issue that the former president has long used as a political wedge, notably in his 2020 election loss to now-President…
