{"id":1930897,"date":"2023-05-14T23:25:39","date_gmt":"2023-05-15T03:25:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/analysis-desantis-seizes-opportunity-as-trump-cancels-iowa-event\/"},"modified":"2023-05-14T23:28:17","modified_gmt":"2023-05-15T03:28:17","slug":"analysis-desantis-seizes-opportunity-as-trump-cancels-iowa-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/analysis-desantis-seizes-opportunity-as-trump-cancels-iowa-event\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis takes advantage as Trump cancels Iowa event."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fanalysis-desantis-seizes-opportunity-as-trump-cancels-iowa-event%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1930897&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>DeSantis Emerges as a Strong Contender in GOP Presidential Race<\/h2>\n<p>Under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/analysis-desantis-seizes-opportunity-as-trump-cancels-iowa-event\/\" title=\"DeSantis takes advantage as Trump cancels Iowa event.\">gray spring skies<\/a>, the Dean Classic Car Museum in northwestern Iowa was packed with local politicos, media, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-losers-of-this-game-are-the-american-people-young-medical-entrepreneur-is-defecting-from-leftist-corporate-america\/\" title=\"\u2018The Losers Of This Game Are The American People\u2019: Young Medical Entrepreneur Is \u2018Defecting\u2019 From Leftist Corporate America\">everyday conservatives<\/a> who had swarmed the showroom to hear Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speak at Rep. Randy Feenstra\u2019s (R-Iowa) May 13 family picnic. DeSantis, who could be just days from a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ga-republicans-launch-stop-stacey-effort-ahead-of-possible-abrams-2022-announcement\/\" title=\"GA Republicans Launch \u2018Stop Stacey\u2019 Effort Ahead Of Possible Abrams 2022 Announcement\">formal announcement<\/a>, is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nba-players-are-brushing-off-leagues-request-to-promote-covid-19-vaccine-report\/\" title=\"NBA Players Are Brushing Off League\u2019s Request To Promote COVID-19 Vaccine: Report\">top player<\/a> in the GOP\u2019s 2024 presidential spectacle.<\/p>\n<h3>Trump Cancels Rally, DeSantis Takes Center Stage<\/h3>\n<p>The main character in Republican politics was expected later that night two hundred forty miles to the east in the state capital of Des Moines. An outdoor amphitheater there was hours away from hosting a rally for former President Donald Trump. Trump, the highest-polling Republican, unexpectedly canceled the event, citing a tornado threat in central Iowa. Those in DeSantis\u2019 camp allege the weather was a cover story for poor attendance. In any event, the windy Saturday in Iowa belonged to Ron, not Don.<\/p>\n<h3>A Distinct Brand of American Conservatism<\/h3>\n<p>DeSantis embodies a new formula for American conservatism, distinct from country club Republicanism, western libertarianism, and Southern evangelicalism. He won applause for comments on Disney, the border, and, in particular, Florida\u2019s COVID-19 response, which became among the least restrictive in the nation over the course of 2020. \u201cWe chose freedom over Faucism,\u201d DeSantis declared, referring to the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Anthony Fauci. \u201cFaucism was wrong,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<h3>DeSantis vs. Trump<\/h3>\n<p>Unlike Trump, DeSantis has so far shied away from directly attacking his chief rival. In Sioux Center, he came closest to knocking Trump when he said the GOP needs to provide a positive alternative vision and avoid dwelling on \u201cthe past.\u201d DeSantis\u2019s speeches offer a list of results and paths forward. Some attendees praised DeSantis for his workmanlike quality, which may actually be part of the package for Republicans sick of the former president\u2019s legal dramas.<\/p>\n<h3>DeSantis Gains Momentum<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cThe reception has been great. I think it shows a lot of momentum on the side of Governor DeSantis should he decide to get in the race,\u201d said Erin Perrine, communications director for the pro-DeSantis \u201cNever Back Down<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/facebook-whistleblower-is-leftist-activist-repped-by-lawyer-for-whistleblower-behind-trump-impeachment\/\" title=\"Facebook Whistleblower Is Leftist Activist Repped By Lawyer For \u2018Whistleblower\u2019 Behind Trump Impeachment\">\u201d political action committee<\/a>. DeSantis supporters on social media touted the governor\u2019s unscheduled visit to a barbecue restaurant in Des Moines, the same city where Trump was scheduled to speak.<\/p>\n<h3>Exile\u2019s View<\/h3>\n<p>One high-profile northwest Iowa Republican who didn\u2019t attend Feenstra\u2019s picnic is former Congressman Steve King. Feenstra primaried King in 2020 after the longtime Iowa lawmaker had become toxic within the GOP. That\u2019s largely thanks to January 2019 coverage in the New York Times.<\/p>\n<h3>Attendees\u2019 Reactions<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Shannon Rodger said she\u2019d pick DeSantis over Trump. \u201cDeSantis doesn\u2019t seem to have so much negativity surrounding him,\u201d she told The Epoch Times.<\/li>\n<li>Wyatt, Shannon Rodger&#8217;s son, told The Epoch Times he thinks DeSantis has more appeal to the younger generation than Trump. \u201cTrump seems more argumentative, I think,\u201d he said.<\/li>\n<li>Ty Rosburg, a county supervisor in Crawford County, Iowa, said, \u201cI\u2019m still waiting for my Teddy Roosevelt.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Linda Hasche said, \u201cI\u2019m neither Republican nor Democrat. I just want to hear the truth.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News Analysis Under gray spring skies, the Dean Classic Car Museum in northwestern Iowa was packed. Local politicos, the media, and everyday conservatives had swarmed the showroom to hear Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speak at Rep. Randy Feenstra\u2019s (R-Iowa) May 13 family picnic. In previous years, Feenstra has hosted former Vice President Mike Pence and<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":152,"featured_media":1930898,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[18051,4548,4980,4864,5626,4259,3634],"class_list":["post-1930897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times","tag-advantage","tag-cancels","tag-desantis","tag-event","tag-iowa","tag-takes","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1930897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/152"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1930897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1930897\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1930898"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1930897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1930897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1930897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}