CNN Reports that Donald Trump on Tuesday punched back after the Des Moines Register’s editorial board, which called on him to drop out of the presidential race.
Trump slammed the newspaper — which called Trump a “feckless blowhard” in a piece published Monday — for what he deemed a “sophomoric editorial” and insisted that he had “been treated very badly” by the paper in the past.
“As one of the most liberal newspapers in the United States, the poll results were just too much for them to bear,” Trump said Tuesday in a statement, pointing to a new ABC News/Washington Post poll released Monday that put him at the top of the Republican field nationwide with 24%.
Below is the statement that was posted on Facebook:
I am not at all surprised by the Des Moines Register’s sophomoric editorial. It was issued immediately after the release of the ABC News/Washington Post poll showing me with 24% and an eleven-point lead over my nearest rival. As one of the most liberal newspapers in the United States, the poll results were just too much for them to bear.
The Des Moines Register has lost much circulation, advertising, and power over the last number of years. They will do anything for a headline, and this poorly written “non-endorsement” got them some desperately needed ink.
On the campaign trail in Iowa, a state whose people I have truly gotten to know and love, I have been treated very badly by the Des Moines Register.
They were uneven and inconsistent, but far more importantly, very dishonest. They would rarely write the facts or report what really took place. They never captured the energy of each event and it is a constant battle with them by my representatives to get an accurate count of the large crowds I draw.
They know the very impressive numbers and either reduce them or don’t report them at all. It is always wonderful to have the support of a newspaper, even a failing one, but this has only given me more motivation to fight harder in Iowa and Make America Great Again!
