{"id":1996486,"date":"2023-08-10T11:11:06","date_gmt":"2023-08-10T15:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-needles-desantis-with-iowa-state-fair-entourage\/"},"modified":"2023-08-10T11:12:34","modified_gmt":"2023-08-10T15:12:34","slug":"trump-needles-desantis-with-iowa-state-fair-entourage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-needles-desantis-with-iowa-state-fair-entourage\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump taunts DeSantis at Iowa State Fair."},"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\">14<\/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%2Ftrump-needles-desantis-with-iowa-state-fair-entourage%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=1996486&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>Donald Trump to Attend Iowa State Fair with Entourage of Florida Republicans<\/h2>\n<p>Donald Trump \u2062is set to attend\u2062 the Iowa State Fair on Saturday with an \u200centourage of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-needles-desantis-with-iowa-state-fair-entourage\/\" title=\"Trump taunts DeSantis at Iowa State Fair.\">guests seemingly meant<\/a> to get under the skin of the former president&#8217;s top rival in the GOP presidential\u2063 primary: the nine Florida Republicans who snubbed Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) by endorsing Trump for president.<\/p>\n<p>The lawmakers who will accompany Trump are Reps. Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Carlos Gimenez (R-FL), Brian Mast \u200c(R-FL),\u2062 Cory Mills\u200b (R-FL), Anna Paulina Luna\u200b (R-FL), Greg Steube (R-FL), and\u2064 Mike Waltz (R-FL), the Des Moines Register reported. \u2062The move could take media attention away from DeSantis&#8217;s own messaging while he \u2062attends the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/female-reporter-says-cuomos-eat-whole-sausage-remark-not-harassment-it-was-an-informal-event\/\" title=\"Female Reporter Says Cuomo\u2019s \u2018Eat Whole Sausage\u2019 Remark Not Harassment: It Was An \u2018Informal\u2019 Event\u00a0\">state fair<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Up for Debate: Trump, DeSantis, and 2024 GOP Hopefuls&#8217; Stance on the Justice\u2064 Department<\/h3>\n<p>The entourage is\u200d the latest sign of Trump needling\u2062 DeSantis on the campaign trail this\u200c week. In an interview with Newsmax on\u200d Wednesday, Trump referred\u2062 to DeSantis as a &#8220;failed candidate.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He has got\u200d no personality and nothing going,&#8221; Trump added. &#8220;He&#8217;s dropped like a \u200crock. I don\u2019t even think \u200dhe\u2019s going to be No. 2 for\u2064 long,&#8221;\u2064 he added.<\/p>\n<p>Trump \u200cremains the leading candidate in the \u200dRepublican \u20642024 nominating race, according to polling nationally and\u2062 in Iowa. A New \u2062York Times\/Siena College survey showed Trump at 44% support \u200damong Iowa Republicans, while DeSantis is at 20%\u2062 support, a 24-point gap. All other rivals poll in \u200bthe single digits. On the campaign trail, Trump repeatedly brags \u2064about \u2063his poll\u2064 numbers \u2064and his sizable polling advantage\u200d over DeSantis.<\/p>\n<p>Along with former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, the former president is one of two 2024 candidates who won&#8217;t participate\u200b in Gov. Kim Reynolds&#8217;s (R-IA) &#8220;fair-side chat&#8221; series on Saturday. Trump\u200c has openly disparaged \u200dReynolds\u2062 for her commitment to remaining neutral in\u2063 the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pro-trump-religious-groups-begin-turning-up-heat-on-gop-to-take-action-on-marjorie-taylor-greene\/\" title=\"Pro-Trump, Religious Groups Begin Turning Up Heat On GOP To Take Action On Marjorie Taylor Greene\">primary race<\/a> and her reported friendliness with DeSantis. Trump also\u2062 skipped the Family Leader&#8217;s \u2063annual\u200c summit and Sen. Joni Ernst&#8217;s (R-IA)\u200d &#8220;Roast and Ride&#8221;\u200d event this year as he runs for president a third time.<\/p>\n<p>The DeSantis campaign hit back against the Trump needling with a pithy reply: &#8220;Rent free.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">Click here to\u200b read more from The Washington Examiner<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Iowa&#8217;s caucuses in January start the primary voting season and will\u200c be a \u2063crucial victory that DeSantis needs in order to build\u2064 momentum in his quest to win the GOP nomination. His campaign has already suggested the governor will visit all 99 counties in Iowa.<\/p>\n<p>This week, the DeSantis campaign faced its third campaign shake-up \u200cwith the announcement of James Uthmeier, the governor&#8217;s chief\u2064 of \u200dstaff, \u200dreplacing \u200cGenerra Peck as campaign manager.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donald Trump plans to visit the Iowa State Fair on Saturday, accompanied by a group of guests aimed at provoking his main rival in the GOP primary, the nine Florida Republicans who endorsed Trump over Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL). 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