DeSantis Campaign Press Release - ICYMI: DeSantis Campaign Manager James Uthmeier on NBC News

"What happened tonight is appalling-- the media calling the race for Donald Trump before votes had been cast."

DES MOINES, Iowa – DeSantis Campaign Manager James Uthmeier joined NBC's Dasha Burns live. The highlights are below.

Watch the full interview HERE.

On the media's election interference in the Iowa Caucuses:

What happened tonight is appalling-- the media calling the race for Donald Trump before votes had been cast. I personally spoke in multiple precincts in front of hundreds of voters. And while I'm presenting and delivering the closing arguments around just for Ron DeSantis, and actually flipping voters, people start getting alerts on their phone saying the race is over before they've even...one guy said, why why do we even bother voting if it's already over? That is absurd. That challenges the very tenets of our Republican democracy. And that should not happen. We still expect a good night. I know, you know, it's going to take a while for votes to come in. But you can't taint the process like that, having a victory declared before people have even voted before arguments have been heard. That's not right.