{"id":1974225,"date":"2023-07-15T22:40:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-16T02:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-people-react-at-tucker-carlson-forum-with-2024-candidates\/"},"modified":"2023-07-15T22:43:22","modified_gmt":"2023-07-16T02:43:22","slug":"the-people-react-at-tucker-carlson-forum-with-2024-candidates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-people-react-at-tucker-carlson-forum-with-2024-candidates\/","title":{"rendered":"People react to 2024 candidates at Tucker Carlson forum."},"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\">18<\/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%2Fthe-people-react-at-tucker-carlson-forum-with-2024-candidates%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=1974225&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--><div\u200c class=\"post_content\">\n\u200b  <\/p>\n<h2>Midwesterners Speak \ud834\udd7aOut\u2064 at Iowa \u200bGOP Candidate Forum<\/h2>\n<p>Midwesterners\u2064 have a reputation \u200dfor restraint.\u200c But\u2063 the \u2063audience\u2063 at the \u2062July\u200c 14 \u2064Iowa \u200bGOP candidate forum didn\u2019t\u200b hold back \u2062as journalist Tucker Carlson deftly drew \u2063out his \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-pennsylvania-newspaper-blasts-fetterman-his-excuses-to-get-out-of-debate-do-not-cut-it\/\" title=\"Top Pennsylvania Newspaper Blasts Fetterman: His Excuses To Get Out Of Debate Do Not \u2018Cut It\u2019\">conversation partners<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>While biotech entrepreneur \u200cVivek Ramaswamy received \u2064a \ud834\udd7astanding \u200dovation from\u2062 the \u200cheavily Christian crowd, former \u2062Vice President Mike \u200bPence\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-people-react-at-tucker-carlson-forum-with-2024-candidates\/\" title=\"People react to 2024 candidates at Tucker Carlson forum.\">evangelical bona fides didn\u2019<\/a>t carry him \u2064very far.<\/p>\n<p>  \u2063<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n\u2062  \u2063  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe that it is\u2063 in the interest of \u200bthe\u2064 United States of \ud834\udd7aAmerica to continue \u2062to give \u2062the \u2062Ukrainian military the \u2064resources that they need to repel\u2064 the \u200cRussian\ud834\udd7a invasion\ud834\udd7a and restore their sovereignty,\u201d Mr. Pence told \u2062Mr. Carlson \u2064to \u200da mixture of\u200c boos and \u2064applause.<\/p>\n<p>  \u2064<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>  \ud834\udd7a<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5386847\" \ud834\udd7astyle=\"width: \ud834\udd7a406px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\">\n \u2062   <a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/07\/10\/id5386847-Mike-Pence-3_JF_04182023-1200x1762.jpg\"><br \/>\n  \u200d \u2064<figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption>\ud834\udd7a   <\/a><br \/>\n  \u200c\u200c \u200d Former Vice President \u200cMike\u200d Pence \u200cspeaks in\u200b Anaheim, Calif., on April 18, 2023. (John Fredricks\/The Epoch Times)<br \/>\n  <\/figure>\n<p>On \u2062the ground, attendees who\u200b spoke\u200c with The Epoch Times offered a range \u2063of perspectives,\u2063 including on the \ud834\udd7abiggest name in the field,\u2062 former\u200c President Donald J.\u200c Trump. Mr. \u2062Trump <a \u200chref=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/trump-set-to-miss-iowa-presidential-forum-hosted-by-tucker-carlson_5390456.html\">did not attend the forum<\/a>, \u200dwhich was \u200bhosted\u2063 by \u200cThe FAMiLY \u200cLeader\u2063 and\u200b Glenn \u200bBeck\u2019s The \u2062Blaze.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Trump\u2019s Iowa\u200c spokesman \u200bsaid the event conflicted with the\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/former-president-trump-tucker-carlson-and-others-speak-at-turning-point-action-2023-conference-day-1-post_5399860.html?utm_source=open&#038;utm_medium=search\">Turning Point Action Conference<\/a> in \u2063Florida. Mr. Carlson and Mr. Ramaswamy are\u200d among the\ud834\udd7a speakers\u200b at\u200d that \u2063event, along \u200bwith Rep. Matt Gaetz\ud834\udd7a (R-Fla.), \u2063Rep. Byron\u200d Donalds (R-Fla.), and \u2063other conservatives.<\/p>\n<p>\u2062  <\/p>\n<p>While \u200cformer President Donald J. Trump had\u200d both supporters\u200d and critics, \u200bit was as clear \u2063in\u200c Des \u200bMoines as\u2064 elsewhere \u200bon the \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/central-african-republic-votes-under-threat-of-violence\/\" title=\"Central African Republic votes under threat of violence\">campaign trail<\/a> that \u200dthe \u2064Manhattan real estate mogul has reshaped \u200dthe Republican electorate \ud834\udd7aand its priorities. \u2064For one thing, by \u2064appointing the justices who helped overturn Roe v. Wade last year, Mr. Trump\u2019s presidency \u2063is\u200b seen\u200d to have \u2062shifted the \u2062abortion debate \u2063for good\u200d by\u2062 pushing policy \u2063decision closer to the people,\u2062 from U.S. \u200cCongress to \u2064state legislatures.<\/p>\n<p> \u200c <\/p>\n<p>Grant Gardner\u200d told The \u2063Epoch Times he\u2019d switch \ud834\udd7ahis support from Trump \u200d\u201conly if he doesn\u2019t \u200brun.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>  \u2064<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVivek Ramaswamy\u200c would be \u200cmy next choice,\u201d he \u200cadded.<\/p>\n<p> \u200d <\/p>\n<p>David Johnson, an Iowan\u2063 who supports Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, said, \u201cI love\u2062 what \u200bTrump did. I \u2064am\u200d so tired of\ud834\udd7a Trump\u2019s adversarial \u2062aspect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> \u200b\u200c <\/p>\n<h2>DeSantis\u200d and\u200b Ramaswamy\u2063 Popular, Scott Too<\/h2>\n<p> \u200d <\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5384145\"\u2062 style=\"width: 600px\" \u200bclass=\"wp-caption aligncenter\">\n  \u2063  <a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/07\/10\/id5384145-DeSantis-GettyImages-1505585619-1200x800.jpg\"><br \/>\n \u2064<figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption>\ud834\udd7a  \u200b <\/a><br \/>\n\u2063   \ud834\udd7a Republican\u2062 presidential\u2062 candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis \u2062speaks during the Moms\u2064 for \u200bLiberty Joyful \u200dWarriors national summit at\ud834\udd7a the Philadelphia\u2064 Marriott Downtown\ud834\udd7a in \u200bPhiladelphia \u2062on June\u200c 30, 2023. (Michael M. Santiago\/Getty Images)<br \/>\n  <\/figure>\n<p> \u200d\u2064 <\/p>\n<p>Mr. Johnson, \u200dwho \ud834\udd7adescribed himself as Christian and \u200bconservative \u201cin that \u2063order,\u201d \u2063told The \u200cEpoch\u2064 Times\u2063 he\ud834\udd7a was perplexed by \ud834\udd7aformer Arkansas Gov. Asa \u2064Hutchinson\u2019s \u2063defense \ud834\udd7aof his\u200b 2021 veto \ud834\udd7aof\u2063 a\u2064 bill that would have\ud834\udd7a barred\u2063 gender transition \ud834\udd7asurgeries \u200band similar \u2062procedures \u2063for\ud834\udd7a minors. \u200bYet,\ud834\udd7a he also described\u200d Mr. Hutchinson as\u2063 both intelligent and experienced.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. \u200cGardner said Mr. Hutchinson\u2063 \u201chad some \u2062smart lawyer \ud834\udd7adodges\u201d \u200cfor\u200d host \u2064Mr. Carlson\u2019s\u2064 questioning.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Johnson commented \u2063somewhat more\u200b positively on Sen. Tim\u2062 Scott (R-S.C.),\u200d who also\u200b spoke with Mr. Carlson in\u2062 Des Moines.<\/p>\n<p> \u2063 <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u200b love the man.\u200d I\u2062 don\u2019t think he\u2019s\u2063 got a \u200cchance to win,\u201d Mr.\u200d Johnson said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTucker\u2019s tenacious. \ud834\udd7a[He\u2019ll] ask a question. \u200bIf they turn \u200binto \u2062a politician and\u2063 go\u200d to their speech,\u2063 he comes right back with\ud834\udd7a the same\ud834\udd7a question,\u201d said\u2062 Phil Bonifazi, another\u200c Iowan at the\u200b forum.<\/p>\n<p>He suggested the crowd\u2019s hostility to \u200bMr. Pence stems from his \u2063statements\u200c regarding\u2063 Jan. 6.<\/p>\n<p> \u2063 <\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Trump\u2019s <a \u2063href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/twitter-locks-president-trump-out-of-his-account-for-the-first-time_3646854.html\">words<\/a>\u2063 that day\u2064 were reckless,\u201d Mr. Pence told\u200b Mr. Carlson\u200d on stage.<\/p>\n<p> \ud834\udd7a <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI believe whatever his \ud834\udd7aintentions in that \u2062moment, it endangered me and \ud834\udd7amy\u200b family and \u200deveryone that was\u2064 at the Capitol that \u2062day.\u2062 I\u2063 believe we will \u2064hold him \u200caccountable for that, just as \u2062the law will \u200bhold everyone that engaged \u2062in acts of \u200dviolence,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<p> \u200c <\/p>\n<p>Yet, \u2062Mr. Pence\ud834\udd7a had virtually nothing to\u2062 say about more\u200d controversial cases\u200d being brought\ud834\udd7a in connection with Jan.\u2062 6: for \u2064example, <a\u200b href=\"https:\/\/headlineusa.com\/exclusive-j6-journalist-press-freedom-case\/\">the prosecution of young\u200c conservative \ud834\udd7aStephen Horn<\/a>, who \u200bfaces\u2062 multiple charges despite \ud834\udd7athe\u200b fact \u2062that \u200dhe attended the\u200d protest \u2064as \u200ca journalist, not a\u2064 Trump supporter.<\/p>\n<p> \u2063 <\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5128176\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption\u200b aligncenter\">\n \u2064  \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/03\/16\/GettyImages-1230450979-1-1200x800.jpg\"><br \/>\n    \u200d<figcaption\u2064 class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a><br \/>\n    Crowds of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/l-a-s-new-covid-restriction-no-tvs-allowed-at-restaurants\/\" title=\"L.A.\u2019s New COVID Restriction: No TVs Allowed at Restaurants\">people gather<\/a>\u200d as U.S. President \u200dDonald Trump speaks to supporters from\u2064 The \ud834\udd7aEllipse \u2062near \ud834\udd7athe\u2064 White House on\u2064 January 6, 2021, \u2064in Washington DC.\u200b (MANDEL NGAN\/AFP via \u200dGetty\u200d Images)<br \/>\n  <\/figure>\n<p>  \ud834\udd7a<\/p>\n<p>Mr.\ud834\udd7a Bonifazi told\u200c The Epoch Times \ud834\udd7athat he plans \ud834\udd7ato vote for\u2062 Mr. DeSantis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u200c [Mr. Trump] was\u200c an\u200b outstanding\ud834\udd7a president,\u201d \u2063Mr. Bonifazi said.<\/p>\n<p> \u2064 <\/p>\n<p>Yet, he worries\u2062 that\ud834\udd7a media \u200dhostility to\u2062 the\u2064 former commander-in-chief could\u2063 hobble Mr.\ud834\udd7a Trump against if he is \u2064reelected\u2062 to\u2063 office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s not\u200d here today,\u201d Mr. Bonifazi added.<\/p>\n<p>He voiced less enthusiasm for\u2062 Mr. Ramaswamy.<\/p>\n<p>\u2063  \u2064<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve heard him say things that are against the core of my \ud834\udd7aChristian\ud834\udd7a conservative stance,\u201d \u2063Mr. Bonifazi \u200bcontinued.<\/p>\n<p>  \u200d<\/p>\n<p>In a May <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/transcripts\/1177085392\">interview\u200c with NPR<\/a>, \u200cMr.\u2062 Ramaswamy\ud834\udd7a described gay marriage \u200das \u2062a new \u201cnorm in this country\u201d that Americans had \u201cachieve[d]]\u201d\u2014an \u2062apparent endorsement\u2062 of \u200ban institution that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/marriage-is-a-truth-that-cannot-be-redefined_4909221.html\">only dates back<\/a> to a Supreme Court decision during former President Barack Obama\u2019s \u2064second\u2062 term.<\/p>\n<p>\u200c  <\/p>\n<p>Rachel Terhaar said she was impressed by both Mr. DeSantis and\ud834\udd7a Mr. Ramaswamy. \u200dYet,\u200d the governor of Florida is still her pick.<\/p>\n<p>  \u200c<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5353475\" style=\"width: 600px\" \u2062class=\"wp-caption \u200caligncenter\">\n  \u2064 \u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/06\/23\/id5353475-06232023-DSC01200-Vivek-Ramaswamy-1200x800.jpg\"><br \/>\n\u200d   \u200d<figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a><br \/>\n \ud834\udd7a \u2063  Republican\u2063 presidential \u200ccandidate Vivek Ramaswamy speaks \u200dduring the \ud834\udd7aFaith \u200cand Freedom Road to\ud834\udd7a Majority conference at Hilton in Washington on June 23, 2023. (Madalina Vasiliu\/The\u200b Epoch Times)<br \/>\n  <\/figure>\n<h2>\u2018City People\u200c Don\u2019t Understand\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Joyce Spencer \ud834\udd7ashared \u200dher thoughts multiple\u200d times during the event. \u200bThe born \u2064and bred\u200b Iowan\u2062 initially \u2063spoke with The Epoch Times after the \u2064morning \u2064session, when \u2064Mr. Hutchinson, Mr.\u2062 Scott, and Mr. Pence spoke.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Spencer, who grew up on \u2064a \u2062small\u2063 farm, said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/epa-criticized-over-disappointing-ethanol-mandates-in-new-renewable-fuel-standards_5349148.html\">ethanol<\/a> is a <a \ud834\udd7ahref=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/land-owners-battle-aggressive-tactics-of-major-midwest-carbon-capture-pipeline_4515797.html\">major\u2063 issue<\/a>\u2063 in her home state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome of the city people don\u2019t \u2063understand,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p> \ud834\udd7a <\/p>\n<p>She \u200dpraised \u2064Mr. Scott, explaining that she \u200cknew\ud834\udd7a very little\u2064 about him before coming \u2063to the event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was glad \u200bthat he\ud834\udd7a put Jesus first,\u201d she\ud834\udd7a said.<\/p>\n<p> \u2062 <\/p>\n<p>Like Mr. \ud834\udd7aJohnson,\u2064 she questioned \u2062Mr. Hutchinson\u2019s comments \u200don\u2062 gender\u2064 transition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe \u200dsays \u2062he\u2063 wants to leave\u2064 it to the \ud834\udd7aparents. Well, so many times, the\u2063 parents are \u2062left in the \u200cdark,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Spencer also took a \u2062dim view of \u2063Mr. Pence, citing his\u2064 response to a question\u200b on\u2063 the \u200cJan. 6 protests and breach\u2064 of the \u200cU.S. Capitol.<\/p>\n<p>When \u2062Mr. Carlson\u2063 first asked the former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hunter-biden-defector-emails-pipeline-to-obama-admin-seen-as-currency\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden Defector Emails: 'Pipeline' to Obama Admin Seen as 'Currency'\">vice president<\/a> if he believed the events on that \u200bdate constituted \u200can\u2062 insurrection,\u200c Mr. \u200dPence&#8217;s \u2064words that \u2064day were reckless,\u201d Mr. \u200cPence told\u2062 Mr. \u2062Carlson on stage.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Midwesterners are known for their restraint, but at the July 14 Iowa GOP candidate forum, the audience didn&#8217;t hold back. 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