{"id":1985756,"date":"2023-07-29T11:41:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-29T15:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lincoln-dinner-the-winners-and-losers-of-the-iowa-fundraiser\/"},"modified":"2023-07-29T11:45:20","modified_gmt":"2023-07-29T15:45:20","slug":"lincoln-dinner-the-winners-and-losers-of-the-iowa-fundraiser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lincoln-dinner-the-winners-and-losers-of-the-iowa-fundraiser\/","title":{"rendered":"Iowa Fundraiser: Winners and Losers at Lincoln Dinner"},"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%2Flincoln-dinner-the-winners-and-losers-of-the-iowa-fundraiser%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=1985756&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>Trump Dominates Republican Primary, but\u2064 Other Candidates Shine at Iowa Event<\/h2>\n<p>DES MOINES, Iowa\u2064 \u2014 \u200cFormer President Donald Trump demonstrated\u200c his dominance in the 2024 Republican primary, \u2064overshadowing his opponents during \u200bhis \u2064first so-called cattle call event with chief rival Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL).<\/p>\n<p>But with Trump contending increasingly complicated legal \u2063problems, 12 other presidential candidates stepped into the\u200d political spotlight to pitch themselves to Iowa Republicans during the state party&#8217;s Lincoln Day Dinner fundraiser before next year&#8217;s first-in-the-nation caucuses.<\/p>\n<h3>Winners<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<h4>Trump<\/h4>\n<p>Despite\u2064 appearing constrained by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lincoln-dinner-the-winners-and-losers-of-the-iowa-fundraiser\/\" title=\"Iowa Fundraiser: Winners and Losers at Lincoln Dinner\">strict \u206410-minute time limit<\/a>, Trump lapped up the applause as he told the crowd Iowa has &#8220;never had a better friend in the White House&#8221; than him. Though he surprisingly stuck to script as he ripped &#8220;DeSanctus&#8221; for &#8220;aggressively&#8221; advocating against \u2063ethanol, he departed from his prepared remarks to reference his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-hunter-bidens-wednesday-plea-could-accelerate-new-criminal-investigation\/\" title=\"Hunter Biden's plea on Wednesday may speed up a fresh criminal probe.\">legal\u200b woes<\/a> after walking onstage \u2063to Brooks and Dunn\u2019s\u200d &#8220;Only\u2062 in America,&#8221; \u200cwith its lyrics,\u200b \u201cOne might end\u200b up going to prison, one might just be president.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If \u200bI weren&#8217;t running, I would have nobody coming after\u200c me, or, if I was losing by a lot, I\u200c would have \u200dnobody coming after \u200dme,&#8221; \u200che told the\u200c ballroom. &#8220;They wouldn&#8217;t be coming after me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Downstairs afterward, the line of \u200ddiner-donors hoping to have their photograph taken\u200b with an\u2062 upbeat-looking Trump wrapped around the corner outside \u2064his reception room, where guests could have spoonfuls of ice \u2062cream as a post-event \u2063snack. Aides to the former president indicated he would speak \u200bto reporters, but he \u2062instead offered \u200ba\u2062 defiant\u200b thumbs up\u200c as he left the space.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<h4>DeSantis<\/h4>\n<p>Expectations for DeSantis&#8217;s trip to\u200b Iowa this week were high as\u2064 his\u2064 campaign workshops its strategy and messaging after disappointing early polling and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-candidates-are-crushing-gop-opponents-when-it-comes-to-fundraising\/\" title=\"Dems Candidates Are Crushing GOP Opponents When It Comes To Fundraising\">small-dollar fundraising<\/a> during\u2063 the second quarter of this year. But after the missteps, he found his footing behind the podium, receiving the second loudest welcome and standing ovation after\u200b Trump as he criticized Vice \u2064President Kamala Harris for \u200cattacking Florida&#8217;s new\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-asks-critics-whether-they-are-siding-with-harris-or-florida-amid-black-history-tensions\/\" title=\"DeSantis questions critics: Harris or Florida in black history dispute?\">black history teaching standards<\/a>. Interestingly, he declined to take on the former president\u2063 directly.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve got Kamala Harris\u200d coming down to Florida trying to create \u200dphony narratives because she understands Florida has stood up to\u200c the \u200cLeft&#8217;s\u2064 agenda,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I&#8217;m\u2064 not budging an inch.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The line for DeSantis&#8217;s reception was also out the door, though it did not snake around the room as\u200c much as Trump&#8217;s. If the former\u200c Yale baseball captain appeared\u200c to grimace for \u200bphotos, guests did not seem to mind as he shook their hand and signed the odd ball. They could then chuck those balls into a\u200c tower of Bud Light beer cans \u2014 with the \u200bsafety of\u2064 a backing net.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<h4>Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC)<\/h4>\n<p>Scott,\u200b who has become known as this election\u2064 cycle&#8217;s &#8220;nice \u200cguy,&#8221; debuted\u2062 tougher rhetoric regarding social issues after earlier underscoring differences between himself \u2062and DeSantis concerning slavery and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">critical race theory<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We kneel to the father in prayer &#8230; and we \u200cstand for the flag in\u2062 respect,&#8221; Scott said. &#8220;If you&#8217;re \u200dable-bodied in America, you\u200c work. If you take out a loan, you pay it back.\u2064 If you commit a violent crime,\u2062 you go \u200bto jail. And if God made you a man, you play \u200bsports against men.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Similar to Trump, DeSantis, and many other\u2064 candidates, Scott&#8217;s reception was held in two adjoining meeting rooms, unlike his South Carolina compatriot former\u2063 United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley, who had only booked one. There, Scott mingled with guests as some \u2062tossed bean \u200bbags in\u2064 a game of cornhole or played mini golf.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3>Losers<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<h4>Former Rep. Will Hurd (R-TX)<\/h4>\n<p>Hurd, who started by introducing himself to members of the audience who did not know him,\u200d ensured he would be remembered after he was \u2063booed for being the only candidate to \u200cslam \u2064Trump by name.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDonald Trump \u200dis not running for president to Make America \u200bGreat Again. Donald Trump is not running for president to represent the people that voted for\u200d him in 2016 and 2020,&#8221; Hurd said. &#8220;Donald Trump is running\u2062 to stay out of prison.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Listen, I know the truth; the\u200b truth is\u2064 hard. But\u200d if we elect Donald Trump, we are willingly \u200cgiving Joe Biden\u200d four more years in the White House, and America can&#8217;t handle \u2062that,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, who was spotted drinking with aides \u2063outside \u2063his hotel in downtown Des Moines after his \u2062reception, joked about Hurd, a former undercover CIA agent, being his warm-up \u2063act: &#8220;Thank you, Will. You just made it very easy for me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>\n<h4>Former Vice President Mike Pence and the rest of the field<\/h4>\n<p>Pence, who is at risk of not qualifying for next month&#8217;s\u2063 first \u200bdebate in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, if he does\u200b not meet \u200bthe Republican National Committee&#8217;s donor criteria,\u2063 may not \u2064have \u200dchanged hearts\u200c or minds based on \u200can audible groan that was\u200d heard when he \u200cwas announced by the \u2062emcee.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Thank you for hearing me\u2064 out,&#8221; Pence \u200dsaid later. &#8220;I look forward to seeing you at Casey&#8217;s and \u200bPizza Ranch.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Pence&#8217;s reception was the only one closed\u200d to the\u2063 press.<\/p>\n<p>Although Haley and former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson earned laughs for\u200c mentioning Biden&#8217;s acknowledgment of his illegitimate \u200bgrandchild, they, along with Gov. Doug Burgum (R-ND), biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, and radio host Larry Elder (with\u2062 his fancy \u200dfootwear), failed to break through. Neither did businessman and author Perry Johnson, who promised donors would be rewarded with complementary Big\u200c &#038; \u200bRich concert \u2064tickets, as \u200che, too, attempts to\u2064 make the debate.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>the first major event of the 2024 Republican primary in Des Moines, Iowa. Despite facing legal issues, former President Donald Trump outshone his rivals, including Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL). 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