{"id":1985856,"date":"2023-07-29T15:00:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-29T19:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-2024-candidate-targets-trump-angry-iowa-crowd-doesnt-let-him-get-away-with-it\/"},"modified":"2023-07-29T15:02:28","modified_gmt":"2023-07-29T19:02:28","slug":"gop-2024-candidate-targets-trump-angry-iowa-crowd-doesnt-let-him-get-away-with-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-2024-candidate-targets-trump-angry-iowa-crowd-doesnt-let-him-get-away-with-it\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP 2024 hopeful confronts Trump, Iowa crowd won&#8217;t let him off the hook."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Fgop-2024-candidate-targets-trump-angry-iowa-crowd-doesnt-let-him-get-away-with-it%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=1985856&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>Will Hurd Faces Backlash from Conservatives at Iowa Event<\/h2>\n<p>Will Hurd, a former Texas \u2064Congressman and candidate for the \u20642024\u200c presidential race, received a\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-legislative-push-seeks-to-stop-biden-admin-from-unraveling-iran-sanctions\/\" title=\"GOP Legislative Push Seeks to Stop Biden Admin from Unraveling Iran Sanctions\">clear message<\/a>\u2062 from \u200cconservatives\u200d on Friday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Donald Trump is off-limits.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The former CIA officer was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/gop-presidential-candidate-trump-critic-will-hurd-booed-off-stage-iowa-event\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">booed off\u200d the stage<\/a> during his speech\u2063 at the\u2063 Republican Party\u2019s annual \u200bLincoln Dinner in Des Moines, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/want-back-trumps-gracious-act-caught-cameras-campaign-stop-iowa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Iowa<\/a> when he attempted to go after\u2062 Trump.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne of the\u200b things we need in our elected leaders is for \u200dthem to speak the truth, even if it\u2019s unpopular,\u201d \u200bHurd said during his speech. \u201c<strong>Donald Trump is not running \u200bfor\u2062 president to make America great again. Donald Trump is not \u200drunning for president to represent the people that voted for him \u200din 2016 and 2020. Donald Trump is running to stay out of prison,\u201d<\/strong> he said.<\/p>\n<p>The crowd immediately erupted into boos \u200bcausing Hurd to attempt to \u201creason\u201d with them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know, I know, I know, I \u2063know, I know. Listen, I know the truth \u2013 the truth is hard,\u201d he\u2063 said as the booing and yelling increased. \u2062\u201cBut if we elect Donald \u2063Trump, \u200cwe\u200b are willingly giving Joe Biden four more years in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/gop-rep-white-house-turned-trap-house-drug-discoveries\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">White House<\/a> and America can\u2019t handle that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGod bless you and God bless \u200bAmerica,\u201d Hurd\u200b said, \u200cexiting the stage.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Wow! Attendees at the Iowa GOP Lincoln Dinner BOOED\u200b Will Hurd off the stage after slandering\u2062 President Donald J. Trump, walks away in SHAME!<\/p>\n<p>Iowa is TRUMP COUNTRY! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wk2lj7ZsDh\">pic.twitter.com\/wk2lj7ZsDh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Joel Valdez (@realJoelValdez)\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realJoelValdez\/status\/1685089789098307585?\">July 29,\u200c 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>According to\u200c the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/06\/22\/us\/politics\/will-hurd-republican-2024-election.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York Times<\/a>, Hurd has been a vocal critic of Trump.<\/p>\n<p>In \u200ca\u200c 2018 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/07\/19\/opinion\/trump-russia-putin-republican-congress.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Op-Ed<\/a> for the New York Times, Hurd wrote of Trump, \u201cOver the course\u200c of my career as an undercover officer in the C.I.A., I saw Russian \u200dintelligence manipulate \u2063many people. I\u2064 never thought\u200d I would see the day when an American president would be one of \u2064them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hurd also described Trump\u2019s proposed border \u2063wall\u2063 as a \u201cthird<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-generic-republican-barely-trails-sen-mark-kelly-in-senate-matchup\/\" title=\"Poll: Generic Republican Barely Trails Sen. Mark Kelly in Senate Matchup\">-century solution<\/a> to a 21st-century problem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He called the \u2062separation of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/shocking-foia-revelation-biden-admin-lost-track-thousands-migrant-children-released-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">migrant children<\/a> from their \u2062parents \u201cunacceptable,\u201d and said that \u2063Trump\u2019s ban on travelers\u200b from a list\u2064 of majority-Muslim countries \u201cendangers the lives of thousands of American men and women in our \u200dmilitary, diplomatic corps and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/huge-chinese-spy-rep-swalwell-was-sleeping-with-is-pictured-with-chinese-agent-who-spied-on-sen-feinstein-for-20-years\/\" title=\"HUGE: Chinese Spy Rep. Swalwell Was Sleeping With Is Pictured with Chinese Agent Who Spied on Sen. Feinstein for 20 Years\">intelligence services<\/a>,\u201d according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2023\/06\/22\/us\/politics\/will-hurd-republican-2024-election.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New York\u2062 Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/elon-musk-says-bye-bye-birdie-midnight-glimpse-new-twitter-logo-erupts-tweetstorm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> (which\u200c this week was rebranded \u201cX\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/elon-musk-says-bye-bye-birdie-midnight-glimpse-new-twitter-logo-erupts-tweetstorm\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">)<\/a> was just as, if not more, vicious to the\u200b presidential hopeful.<\/p>\n<p>One user\u2062 tweeted, \u201cSorry Will Hurd you\u2019re wrong! The Truth is, we\u200c need Trump to Save America. It\u2019s obvious \u2026 \u2062you can\u2019t handle that simple Truth!\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Sorry Will Hurd you\u2019re wrong!<\/p>\n<p>The Truth is, we need Trump to Save America. <\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s \u2062obvious \u2026 you can\u2019t handle that simple Truth! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mfAnbFuCvj\">pic.twitter.com\/mfAnbFuCvj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gary D (@KMGGaryde) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KMGGaryde\/status\/1685305269566279680?\">July 29, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Another referred to Hurd\u2019s speech as \u201cPolitical suicide.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">And I was one\u200d of the people\u2063 booing Will Hurd off the\u200d stage from \u2062the front row!\u2064 And \u2064he was LITERALLY booed off stage! <\/p>\n<p>Political\u2063 suicide!!! Iowa is Trump country! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZcN9v6iQIZ\">https:\/\/t.co\/ZcN9v6iQIZ<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aQLwJstyKi\">pic.twitter.com\/aQLwJstyKi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Andrea Catsimatidis (@AJ_Cats_)\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AJ_Cats_\/status\/1685131576538243072?\">July 29, \u20632023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Texas Congressman Ronny\u200d Jackson tweeted, \u201cLiberal Will Hurd\u2062 is an EMBARRASSMENT to the Republican \u200dParty and to the\u2063 GREAT state of Texas! He\u2019s not\u2062 a Republican, and he deserves to be\u2064 booed \u200boff of \u200bEVERY stage he \u200dsteps on. Give it up\u2063 Will! NOBODY wants to\u200d hear what you\u2019re saying!\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Liberal Will Hurd is an EMBARRASSMENT to the Republican Party and to the GREAT state of Texas! He\u2019s not a Republican, and\u200b he deserves to be booed off of EVERY stage he\u2062 steps on.\u2064 Give it up Will! NOBODY wants to hear what you\u2019re saying! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6x3qDqGeVG\">pic.twitter.com\/6x3qDqGeVG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ronny Jackson\u200d (@RonnyJacksonTX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RonnyJacksonTX\/status\/1685276700035211264?\">July 29, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Hurd, however, isn\u2019t backing down.<\/p>\n<p>On \u2063Saturday, he posted a graphic with his Lincoln Day speech comment \u2063on it, attempting to use the negative coverage to help in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/2024-gop-hopefuls-stand-amid-major-financial-deadline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fundraising<\/a>. \u201cI\u2019m going, to tell the truth \u2026 even if it\u2019s uncomfortable\u2064 to \u2063some in my own Party. Help\u200b me\u2062 say what \u200dneeds to be said on\u200b the debate stage by contributing \u2063$1,\u201d Hurd wrote in the\u2064 accompanying\u200d post.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I\u2019m\u2062 going to tell \u2062the truth\u2026 even\u2064 if it\u2019s uncomfortable to some in my own\u2064 Party.<\/p>\n<p>Help me \u2064say what needs to\u2063 be\u200c said on the debate stage by contributing \u200d$1.<\/p>\n<p>Link: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/tMMYO5wtG1\">https:\/\/t.co\/tMMYO5wtG1<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SrMmfkP2ql\">pic.twitter.com\/SrMmfkP2ql<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Will Hurd (@WillHurd) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WillHurd\/status\/1685308699865411584?\">July 29, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>So far, \u2062Hurd has not met the fundraising and polling requirements \u200dto qualify for the\u200b debate,\u200b according to Fox News.<\/p>\n<p>He may be looking to ride this political shockvertising to raise \u2063a few bucks in order to get into\u200d the debate.<\/p>\n<p>But it\u2063 is evident that his days \u2064as a candidate are essentially over.<\/p>\n<p>In a field this\u2063 crowded and with\u200b a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/washington-post-top-10-for-24-dem-candidates-includes-aoc-warren-somebody-named-roy-asberry-cooper-iii\/\" title=\"Washington Post Top 10 For \u201924 Dem Candidates Includes AOC, Warren, Somebody Named Roy Asberry Cooper III\">clear front-runner<\/a>, you don\u2019t get second chances.<\/p>\n<p>The media attention from his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-2024-candidate-targets-trump-angry-iowa-crowd-doesnt-let-him-get-away-with-it\/\" title=\"GOP 2024 hopeful confronts Trump, Iowa crowd won't let him off the hook.\">comment finally allowed<\/a>\u2062 him to break\u200c through\u200c the noise of the crowd \u2063and explain his point of\u200c view to \u200dconservative voters.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately for him, everyone\u2064 hated it.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/gop-2024-candidate-targets-trump-angry-iowa-crowd-doesnt-let-get-away\/\">GOP 2024 Candidate Targets Trump, Angry Iowa Crowd Doesn&#8217;t Let Him Get Away\u200d with It<\/a> appeared first on \u2063 <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Will Hurd, ex-Texas Congressman and 2024 presidential hopeful, faced conservative backlash. During his speech at the Republican Party&#8217;s Lincoln Dinner in Iowa, Hurd, a former CIA officer, was booed off stage for criticizing Donald Trump. 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