Tag: Iowa Caucuses
Trump Receives a Warm Embrace in Frigid Iowa
Donald Trump was having travel difficulties. He couldn’t make it to Iowa in the snow. On Friday night, he recorded a brisk ninety-second video dispatch, from Palm Beach to Des Moines: “I’m leaving very shortly for your beautiful state. I love that state . . . One way or the other I’m getting there. You have the worst weather, I guess, in recorded history,” he said. “It’s gonna be a little bit of a trek. Nobody knows how exactly we’re
Nikki Haley Could Surprise Us
On Monday, Iowa voters will choose their Republican nominee for president while the rest of us wait. Repeated polls have shown that Donald Trump has an “overwhelming lead” in the Iowa caucus, despite the fact that he will be in and out of court facing various civil and criminal charges in the weeks leading up to the vote. But he is not the sure winner. Between Iowa and the following handful of primaries, there is still a narrow window to
Ron DeSantis Does Not Seem to Be Enjoying Himself
On Saturday afternoon, with just over six weeks to go until the Iowa caucuses, Ron DeSantis told a story about how he once bravely stood up to the Special Olympics.
He was speaking atop a small platform in a partitioned-off section of a former roller rink in Newton, Iowa, dubbed “the Thunderdome.” The anecdote, like so many, had something to do with the tyranny of vaccine mandates. DeSantis said he had met a family at the Iowa State Fair,
Ron DeSantis besucht Iowa, da das Interesse an einem wahrscheinlichen Rivalen von Donald Trump 2024 steigt
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) – Vor einer allgemein erwarteten Präsidentschaftskampagne stellte sich Floridas Gouverneur Ron DeSantis am Freitag einem eifrigen Publikum von Iowa-Republikanern mit einer Botschaft vor, die sich an den Antagonismus gegen die Linke anlehnte, der ihn zu einer beliebten Figur gemacht hat unter Konservative.
„Wir werden uns niemals dem erwachten Mob ergeben“, sagte DeSantis vor mehr als 1.000 Zuhörern im Rhythm City Casino Resort in der Stadt Davenport im Osten von Iowa, seiner ersten Station in Iowa, als