Donald Trump takes jab at ‘super low-energy’ rival Ben Carson and calls on all candidates to disband Super PACs
Super PACs are independent committees that can raise unlimited sums of money from corporations, unions and individuals.
Republican presidential front runner Donald Trump dismissed polls that show him trailing Dr Ben Carson in Iowa, calling the retired neurosurgeon “super low-energy” before a boisterous crowd in Miami on Friday night.
The Iowa polls are a rare setback for the billionaire businessman’s campaign. He’s leading polls nationally and in other early primary states. Mimicking a television journalist reporting the breaking news of Trump slipping behind Carson, Trump ridiculed his Republican rival.
“We informed Ben, but he was sleeping,” Trump joked.
He also said the polls in Iowa “are wrong” and said most pollsters “don’t like me at all.”
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Trump also took the surprising step of calling on his rivals to disband their Super PACs after a fundraising group backing him said it would shut down over claims it inappropriately coordinated with his campaign.
“I have disavowed all Super PACs, requested the return of all donations made to said PACs, and I am calling on all presidential candidates to do the same,” Trump said.
