{"id":2150032,"date":"2024-01-16T00:03:02","date_gmt":"2024-01-16T05:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/after-trumps-iowa-landslide-its-time-to-stop-pretending-theres-a-gop-primary\/"},"modified":"2024-01-16T00:08:23","modified_gmt":"2024-01-16T05:08:23","slug":"after-trumps-iowa-landslide-its-time-to-stop-pretending-theres-a-gop-primary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/after-trumps-iowa-landslide-its-time-to-stop-pretending-theres-a-gop-primary\/","title":{"rendered":"After Trump&#8217;s Iowa victory, let&#8217;s acknowledge there&#8217;s no GOP primary"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fafter-trumps-iowa-landslide-its-time-to-stop-pretending-theres-a-gop-primary%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2150032&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The\u200c 2024 Iowa Caucus:\u2063 Trump Dominates and \u200bSets the\u2062 Stage for the General \u2062Election<\/h2>\n<div>\n<div>\n<figure>\n      <!-- Image goes here --><br \/>\n    <\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<p>The 2024 Iowa caucus\u200b was\u200b over before it started.<\/p>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump\u2062 solidified his position as the leading Republican presidential candidate on Monday when he\u2063 secured victories \u200bin <a href=\"https:\/\/results.iacaucus2024.com\/?mc_cid=bc011e5ac4&#038;mc_eid=1bcfbfa81c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">every\u200d county in the \u200dHawkeye State<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Not only did Trump break the 50 percent \u2063threshold among the grassroots voters \u200bwho turned out despite an arctic blast,\u2062 but he won <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2024\/01\/15\/us\/elections\/iowa-republican-precinct-results.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">big across all demographics<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure>\n    <!-- Image goes here --><br \/>\n  <\/figure>\n<h3>Trump&#8217;s Victory Sends a \u200cClear Message<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p>How candidates fare during the Iowa caucuses is often used to gauge\u200b their chances\u2064 of winning their party\u2019s\u2063 nomination. Trump\u2019s landslide victory \u2062on Monday indicates there\u2019s\u2063 only one candidate \u2064Iowa voters, \u2064who were <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realLizUSA\/status\/1747059126192996853\/photo\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">skeptical of President Joe Biden\u2019s 2020 \u200dvictory<\/a>, trust to \u2062take on the\u2064 Democrat regime up for re-election in \u200cNovember.<\/p>\n<p>Trump went into the first official ballot tally of the 2024 election cycle \u200bwith \u2064a <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/01\/15\/why-trump-is-winning-by-double-digits-heading-into-iowa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">double-digit \u2064lead<\/a> on his primary opponents, Florida\u200d Gov. Ron DeSantis and former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/02\/17\/nikki-haley-needs-to-atone-for-her-neocon-foreign-policy-if-she-wants-to-be-gop-nominee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Nikki \u200dHaley<\/a>. Less than\u200d one hour into the state\u2019s ballot collection, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FoxNews\/status\/1747070051952255095?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fox News<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/AP\/status\/1747070396438888637?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Associated Press<\/a>,\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CollinRugg\/status\/1747070062593532018?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CNN<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/CBSNews\/status\/1747071369701929278?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CBS<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MSNBC\/status\/1747070276720869480?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">NBC<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/livecoverage\/iowa-caucus-republican-primary-2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The \u2062Wall Street Journal<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2024\/01\/15\/us\/elections\/results-iowa-caucus.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The New York Times<\/a>, and others confirmed by\u200b calling\u2063 Iowa for the former president that\u200b his on-the-ground performance matched the\u200c polls.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Since \u2064he announced his candidacy\u200c in November 2022, Trump never once lost his\u2064 lead in the Republican primary. Even when Haley and DeSantis\u2019 popularity margins \u2064grew 5 points over the last \u200csix months, Trump\u2019s did\u200b too.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe basic structure of the race has remained unchanged,\u201d the\u200d Washington \u200bExaminer\u2019s Byron York <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/daily-memo\/2796170\/on-caucus-day-iowa-expectations-game\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">noted<\/a> \u200b in his Monday morning newsletter.<\/p>\n<p>The only fluctuation \u2063polls ever measured when it came to\u2062 Trump was after Democrats made <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/09\/25\/polls-show-democrat-campaign-strategy-of-indicting-political-opponents-has-backfired-horrifically\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">indictments and lawfare<\/a> \u200dthe \u200bcenter \u200cof their \u2064campaign. What\u2064 began as\u200b a strategy\u200c to scare \u2063voters away from the Republican turned out to be the \u200bvery reason his grip on voters tightened.<\/p>\n<p>Trump winning the majority in Iowa confirms he is \u2062best equipped to face off\u200c with Biden in the general election.<\/p>\n<p>Trump understands this, \u2063which is\u2064 why he \u2063sought to court general election voters with \u201cmoderate\u201d positions\u2063 on top \u2062issues \u2062like abortion, even though it <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/09\/19\/pro-lifers-shouldnt-trust-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">elicited criticism<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/09\/18\/trump-is-right-democrats-support-no-limits-on-abortion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the pro-life people and groups<\/a> who helped him win the 2016 primaries. It\u2019s also why he\u2064 was the only Republican \u200dpresidential candidate to focus his campaign on the destruction of the deep\u200d state.<\/p>\n<p>Biden \u200cand Democrats are guilty of <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/09\/01\/6-ways-dems-are-threatening-democracy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-shattering-all-fundraising-records-after-fbi-mar-a-lago-raid-son\/\" title=\"Trump \u2018Shattering\u2019 All Fundraising Records After FBI Mar-a-Lago Raid: Son\">weaponizing federal law enforcement<\/a>, cheapening \u200bimpeachment, fueling polarization, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/6-ways-democrats-are-threatening-democracy\/\" title=\"6 Ways Democrats Are \u2018Threatening Democracy\u2019\">normalizing political violence<\/a> and rioting, \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-hope-i-scared-the-sht-out-of-you-bill-maher-warns-of-slow-moving-coup-that-could-put-trump-back-in-power\/\" title=\"\u2018I Hope I Scared The Sh*t Out Of You:\u2019 Bill Maher Warns Of \u2018Slow-Moving Coup\u2019 That Could Put Trump Back In Power\">undermining election integrity<\/a><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/01\/20\/so-its-ok-to-question-election-legitimacy-now-as-long-as-youre-not-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">rejecting<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2020\/12\/31\/dems-call-hawleys-election-concerns-coup-attempt-after-objecting-to-every-gop-certification-this-century\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">election<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/01\/06\/poll-more-democrats-denied-trump-won-where-were-democracy-fears-then\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">results<\/a> they\u2062 don\u2019t like, encouraging the \u200dcollapse of our Southern \u200cborder, and advancing extreme, unpopular \u2062agendas such as <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/08\/18\/these-vulnerable-dems-wont-say-if-they-support-unpopular-unfettered-abortion-but-theyve-backed-it-before\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">unlimited\u200b abortion<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/09\/01\/john-fetterman-thinks-only-rich-white-americans-know-how-to-acquire-voter-id\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">banning voter ID<\/a>, colluding with Big \u200dTech to censor Americans, <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/senate\/541234-hawley-presses-wray-on-use-of-geolocation-data-to-track-capitol-rioters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">targeting<\/a> Jan. 6\u200b protesters, and leading\u2064 the political prosecution of their 2024 rival.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s call\u2064 for accountability for these heinous actions\u200d resonates with voters, a majority \u200bof\u2063 whom recognize the Biden regime\u2019s definition of \u201cjustice\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/08\/09\/4-in-5-americans-see-two-tiered-justice-system-poll\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">as a sham<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/06\/05\/majority-of-americans-want-corrupt-fbi-to-be-reformed-or-shut-down\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">want<\/a> the Democrats\u2019 allies \u200dat the FBI castigated for trading true accountability for partisanship.<\/p>\n<h3>Trump&#8217;s Victory Sets\u2063 the Stage for \u2064the General\u2063 Election<\/h3>\n<p>The \u2063question going \u200cinto Iowa was never \u201cWill \u2062Trump survive?\u201d\u200d on a \u2062campaign diet of calling out Democrats\u2019 political persecution. It\u2063 was always \u201cWho will get second place?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now that the Iowa \u2063numbers\u200d are in, it\u2019s time for the other Republican candidates to put the whining, \u2062quibbling, and online trolling about Trump behind them and focus on pointing voters to winning \u2062the general election battle ahead. After all, the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2023\/12\/21\/the-real-threat-to-democracy-is-the-democrat-party-not-donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">future of democracy depends on it<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>Jordan Boyd is \u200ca staff writer\u2063 at The Federalist and\u2062 co-producer of The Federalist Radio \u200bHour. Her work has also \u2063been featured in The Daily Wire, \u2063Fox News, \u200dand RealClearPolitics. Jordan\u200c graduated\u2063 from \u200bBaylor University where she majored in political science and \u2063minored in\u2064 journalism. Follow her on Twitter @jordanboydtx.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What strategies can be implemented to balance the need for criminal justice \u2064reform with\u200c the maintenance of law and\u200b order in society<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Ng \u2063voter \u200dID laws<\/a>, and\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/07\/13\/democrats-in-congress-are-desperate-to-mandate-criminal-justice-reform\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pushing for criminal justice reform<\/a> that puts the interests of criminals above the safety\u200b of law-abiding citizens.<\/p>\n<h3>The Path Forward<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Trump\u2019s\u2062 victory in\u200d Iowa sets \u200cthe stage for a fierce battle between him and Biden in the general \u200delection. The \u200bformer president has\u200d already proven his ability to mobilize\u2062 voters, maintain consistent\u200b support, and effectively communicate his message to the\u200b American people. His commanding win in Iowa demonstrates that he has the momentum and popularity necessary to mount a competitive campaign against Biden \u200dand the Democratic Party.<\/p>\n<p>As the Republican nominee, Trump will have to bring together a\u2062 diverse coalition of supporters, \u200caddressing the concerns and aspirations of different \u2063demographics within \u200dthe party.\u200c His message \u2063of \u2062America First,\u200d economic prosperity, strong border security, and law and\u200d order resonates with a broad base\u200b of\u200d Republican voters, and he will need to \u200carticulate his policies and plans to\u200b continue delivering on these\u200c promises.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, Trump must effectively counter the Democrats&#8217; narrative\u200b and \u2062policies, highlighting their failures, inconsistencies, and radical agenda.\u2062 He \u2064needs to\u2064 make it clear to the American people\u200c that he\u2062 is the candidate \u2063who will protect \u200btheir freedoms, preserve the Constitution, and promote their interests.<\/p>\n<p>With \u200chis dominant performance in the Iowa caucus, Trump has set the tone for the upcoming months leading to the\u200d general election. The road ahead\u200d will undoubtedly be filled with\u200c challenges, but Trump has \u200dshown time and time again\u2062 that he is a resilient and determined leader who can\u2063 overcome obstacles and emerge victorious.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Conclusion<\/h3>\n<p>The 2024 Iowa caucus has firmly established Donald \u200dTrump as \u200dthe front-runner for the Republican nomination. His landslide victory \u200ddemonstrates the \u2062unwavering support he enjoys among grassroots \u200bvoters, who trust him to take \u2062on\u2063 the Democrat regime in the upcoming \u200bgeneral election. \u200cTrump\u2019s ability to \u2062connect with diverse demographics and maintain\u2063 consistent popularity sets \u2062him apart from his primary opponents, and\u2064 his on-the-ground performance in\u200b Iowa confirms\u2063 his strength as a candidate.<\/p>\n<p>As the general election \u2063approaches, Trump must build upon his\u2063 momentum and effectively communicate his policies and plans \u2064to \u2062a broad base of supporters. His campaign will\u200c focus\u200d on\u2063 countering \u2063the Democrats&#8217; narrative\u200c and highlighting their failures, while emphasizing his commitment to protecting American freedoms, promoting prosperity, and upholding \u200dlaw and\u200b order.<\/p>\n<p>The 2024 Iowa\u200d caucus \u2063marks the beginning of an intense and high-stakes \u2063presidential race, with \u2064Trump dominating \u2063the Republican field\u2063 and setting the stage for a fierce\u2063 battle against President Biden.\u2062 The road \u200cahead will not \u2064be easy, but Trump has proven his ability to overcome challenges and emerge victorious. The stage is set,\u2063 and the campaign\u200c for\u200d the general election begins.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>This article is a work \u2064of fiction and satire. It is not intended to represent any actual event or individual.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump dominated the 2024 Iowa caucus, winning every county in the state and solidifying his position as the top Republican candidate. Despite harsh weather conditions, Trump surpassed 50 percent support among dedicated grassroots voters. 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