{"id":1992991,"date":"2023-08-07T10:32:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-07T14:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/need-to-win-powerful-iowa-evangelical-leader-expresses-his-doubts-about-trump\/"},"modified":"2023-08-07T10:32:53","modified_gmt":"2023-08-07T14:32:53","slug":"need-to-win-powerful-iowa-evangelical-leader-expresses-his-doubts-about-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/need-to-win-powerful-iowa-evangelical-leader-expresses-his-doubts-about-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Iowa evangelical leader expresses doubts about Trump&#8217;s ability to win."},"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\">20<\/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%2Fneed-to-win-powerful-iowa-evangelical-leader-expresses-his-doubts-about-trump%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=1992991&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>Iowa Evangelical \u2064Leader Voices Concerns About Trump as 2024 GOP Nominee<\/h2>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bob Vander Plaats, the influential president\u2062 and CEO of The Family Leader in Iowa, has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ioc-shares-concerns-over-fifa-biennial-world-cup-plan\/\" title=\"IOC shares concerns over FIFA biennial World Cup plan\">expressed strong concerns<\/a> about former \u200bPresident Donald Trump becoming the\u200b 2024 GOP presidential nominee.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Vander Plaats not only desires a dignified nominee but also worries about winning over younger generations who will shape\u200d the future of elections. He believes that being a bold leader doesn&#8217;t mean compromising on values, as \u200dhe stated on\u200d Sunday:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe problem people \u2064of Faith have with \u200d@realDonaldTrump isn\u2019t Church attendance. Has \u200deverything to do with the \u2018fruits of the Spirit.\u2019 For \u200dexample, F bombs and mocking people\u200b with disabilities. You can be a statesman while being \u2064a bold leader.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Vander\u2064 Plaats also expressed concerns about Trump signing \u2063the CARES Act \u200binto law in March 2020,\u2063 which included funding for COVID-related election measures. Fellow Iowa evangelical Steve Deace\u200b claimed that this funding \u2064enabled \u200dDemocrats to steal the last election through ballot harvesting. Vander Plaats responded:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThis, and more, is why @realDonaldTrump supporters are looking for another candidate.\u200c The facts aren\u2019t lining up with the repetitive rhetoric. This is the #swamp.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Vander Plaats emphasized the importance of winning not just the next\u2062 election but\u2062 also the next generation:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe not only want to win the next election, but \u200dalso win the next\u2064 generation.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Quoting GOP presidential candidate\u200b Vivek Ramaswamy&#8217;s column in POLITICO, Vander Plaats \u2063agreed \u200cwith the criticism of Trump&#8217;s leadership:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWhile Donald\u200c Trump\u200c promised to lead the \u2063nation to recommit itself to the pursuit of greatness, what he delivered was just another tale \u2062of \u2063grievance, a persecution complex\u200b that swallowed much of the #GOP Party whole.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">In an interview with Fox \u2064News, Vander Plaats discussed the latest indictment against Trump and how it may \u2064impact his support. He believes \u2064that Trump has a self-inflicted ceiling and that\u200b others are searching for a new generational leader:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cSo I do believe the president has a self-inflicted ceiling, and I think others are \u2063looking for who else it could \u2063be so we\u2064 could turn the page to that next\u200b generational leader.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Vander Plaats mentioned several\u200c potential\u200d candidates, including Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, Senator \u200dTim Scott, and Ramaswamy. He stated that Iowans are currently\u2062 evaluating these candidates\u2064 and that the coalescing of support will become clearer in the coming months.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Regarding current polls, Vander Plaats pointed out that\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/who-is-kathy-barnette-the-candidate-shaking-up-the-pennsylvania-senate-race\/\" title=\"Who Is Kathy Barnette? The Candidate Shaking Up The Pennsylvania Senate Race\">early poll numbers<\/a> don&#8217;t\u200b always reflect the eventual nominee, using\u2063 past examples \u200cto illustrate his point:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI like to remind people that if those <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/analysis-joe-biden-better-hope-these-polls-arent-wrong\/\" title=\"ANALYSIS: Joe Biden Better Hope These Polls Aren\u2019t Wrong\">current poll numbers<\/a> are right, then \u200bin 2008, you\u200d would\u2019ve had Giuliani, in 2012 you would\u2019ve had Rick \u2062Perry, and in 2016, you\u200c would\u2019ve had Jeb Bush or Scott Walker.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">On August 1, \u2062Vander\u200b Plaats shared his hunch that Trump may not win the Iowa \u2063Caucus,\u2064 despite being\u200c the \u200bfront\u2064 runner in polls:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWhile all \u2064these\u2064 polls show @realDonaldTrump \u200cthe clear \u200dfront runner, I see no evidence on the ground to support. My early hunch \u2062is he\u200d gets beat in\u2062 #IowaCaucus All narrative \u2064regarding \u2062him is the same: 1) He did good.\u2064 2) Can\u2019t win. 3) Time to\u2063 move on. 4) Need to win.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iowa evangelical leader Bob Vander Plaats, CEO of The Family Leader, has raised concerns over Donald Trump as the 2024 GOP nominee. 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