state, and gave us the first tangible look at where republican voters stand right now. and tonight, iowa republicans delivered a resounding victory to donald trump, nothing hugely surprising there. but we re gonna still talk about what that means. with me here at the table, all-star panel, former obama campaign manager, msnbc political analyst, and as i always like to say, my old boss, david plouffe. and the host of the weekend on msnbc, michael steele, simone sanders townsend, and alicia menendez. everybody is working very hard over the last couple of days. nbc news can project that donald trump will exceed 50% tonight. we can also project that florida governor desantis will finish second, which is a bit surprising coming into tonight. we will bring you any updated numbers as soon as we get them, and we will stay closer to the decision desk, and of course, the one and only, steve kornacki. the field has also one candidate smaller tonight, vivek ramaswamy announced he was dro
it s one a. m. here in new york, midnight in iowa, and a very first test of the 2024 republican primary season is now complete. joining me now at the top of this hour, former obama campaign manager, msnbc political analyst, and my former boss david plouffe, former rnc chairman and co-host of the weekend, michael steele, former communications director for jeb bush 2016 campaign, and now writer at large for the bulwark tim miller, and former communications director for president obama jennifer palmieri. now, tonight in iowa, nbc news projected that donald trump won the caucuses with more than 50% of the vote. his numbers really cement the four-time indicted candidate status as the front-runner. we already knew this. but in the republican field, the race for second place, it had a bit more drama with nikki haley and florida governor ron desantis locked in a dead heat for most of the night. but as awkward as he may be at times, and he is awkward, desantis did put in the w
former boyfriend. he has become nationally known for his tough stance on illegal immigration and he s running for congress from arizona s 4th district but they report that he wanted his ex to sign a confidentiality agreement to keep their relationship a secret. the ex refused and said he was threatened with being deported. these are photos he gave the times and he is saying he was accessing computers without permission. the sheriff denies any wrongdoing. i m here to say that all these allegations that were in one of these newspapers are absolutely completely false. except for the issues that refer to being gay. because that s the treu, i am gay. i spoke with monica alonzo, the reporter from the new times and asked her how it came to life. part of the intimidation came from they both agreed they would not contact each other. through their attorneys they would just cease all contact with them. after jose moved he got a christmas card from paul babeu even though he mov
cochair for the mitt romney campaign. he has become nationally known for his tough stance on illegal immigration and is running for congress. the phoenix new times reports that he wanted his exto shine an agreement to keep their relationship a secret. the exan immigrant refused and says he threatened to get him deported back to mexico. the attorney is accusing him of accessing campaign computers without permission. the sheriff denies any wrong doing. i m here to say that these allegations in one of these newspapers are absolutely completely false except for the issues that refer to me being gay because that is the truth. i am gay. i spoke with monica, the reporter for the new times who broke this story and asked her how this all game to light. part of the intimidation came from they both agreed they would not contact each other through their attorneys. they would cease all contact. after jose moved he got a christmas card. even though he had moved to an apartment and di
publicly came out of the closet, left his role in the mitt romney campaign, and denied claims from a former flame. the phoenix news times reports that paul babue threatened it deport his ex-lover, a mexican immigrant identified only as jose if he revealed their relationship. these are the photos that jose gave the new times. babue who speak with gary tuchman in 2010 is nationally known for his tough stance on illegal immigration. he s also a republican running for congress, and he is staying in the race, he says, but he is leaving his role as mitt romney s state campaign co-chair. the sheriff says he did nothing wrong. i m here to say that all these allegations that were in one of these newspapers are absolutely completely false except for the issues that refer to [ muted ] being gay because that s the truth. i am gay. welcome to the phoenix news times reporter that broke this story, monica alonso, and we asked her if she was concerned that bobby s ex-boyfriend, jose, c