Former President Donald Trump returned to Iowa on Wednesday for the second time in as many weeks, looking to press his advantage in the GOP 2024 primary race and dash any hopes of his rivals of catching him before the caucuses in January.
Mr. Trump told the crowd gathered here to see him at a county fairgrounds that his presidential campaign is bigger and better than it was in 2016, when he finished as the runner-up in the Iowa caucuses.
Mr. Trump is slated to become more of a regular in the key state over the coming weeks as part of a concentrated effort to erase any doubt about his commitment to voters in Iowa, and his status as the runaway frontrunner. But Mr. Trump, in a recent interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press,” said the fetal heartbeat law Mr. DeSantis signed into law in Florida is “terrible” and a “mistake.”
Piling on, Mr.DeSantis complimented Ms. Reynolds “and the Iowa legislature for promoting a culture of life.” Jack McDermott of Iowa said that is part of the reason why he is willing to cut Mr. Trump some slack on his opposition to a six-week ban.The 79-year-old farmer said he took solace in the fact the Iowa ban is already on the books and is unlikely to change, given the state’s political reddening.
“There are more important things right now,” she said, before raising concerns about President Biden, and the U.S. support for Ukraine.Mr. Trump has a 46% to 15.8% lead over Mr. DeSantis, according to polling averages that show Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina coming in at 9%, and former Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley at 7%.
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