A mere half-hour of Monday’s Iowa caucuses had elapsed when CNN projected former President Donald J. Trump as the night’s winner.
The Associated Press declared Mr. Trump the victor one minute later, and soon every major network had followed suit.
Ron DeSantis of Florida, who accused the news media of biasing caucusgoers who had yet to cast their votes.
“Are you kidding me?” Representative Chip Roy of Texas told reporters at a DeSantis event in West Des Moines.
VoteCast,” its proprietary voter survey system that the outlet said “showed Trump with an insurmountable lead.”
Persons:
Donald J, Trump, —, Ron DeSantis, biasing caucusgoers, Chip Roy, ”
Organizations:
CNN, Associated Press, Gov, New York, Trump
Locations:
Iowa, Florida, Texas, West Des Moines