{"id":1998494,"date":"2023-08-12T00:51:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-12T04:51:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kari-lake-steals-the-show-at-iowa-state-fair-milking-cows-and-eyeing-senate-race\/"},"modified":"2023-08-12T00:53:01","modified_gmt":"2023-08-12T04:53:01","slug":"kari-lake-steals-the-show-at-iowa-state-fair-milking-cows-and-eyeing-senate-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kari-lake-steals-the-show-at-iowa-state-fair-milking-cows-and-eyeing-senate-race\/","title":{"rendered":"Kari Lake shines at Iowa State Fair: Milking cows and eyeing Senate run."},"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\">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%2Fkari-lake-steals-the-show-at-iowa-state-fair-milking-cows-and-eyeing-senate-race%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=1998494&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>Former \u200dPresident\u2064 Trump&#8217;s Advance Team Makes Waves at Iowa State Fair<\/h2>\n<p>DES MOINES, Iowa\u2014Former President Donald Trump doesn\u2019t arrive at the Iowa State Fair until Aug. 12\u2014along with at least \u2063seven other 2024 \u200dpresidential candidates\u2014but the \u2062GOP frontrunner\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-epstein-madam-wouldnt-help-find-tapes-of-bill-clinton-because-it-would-hurt-hillarys-2016-run\/\" title=\"Report: Epstein Madam Wouldn\u2019t Help Find Tapes Of Bill Clinton Because It Would Hurt Hillary\u2019s 2016 Run\">advance team<\/a> and\u2062 boosters were all over the sprawling midway grid and a visible presence at\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/kari-lake-steals-the-show-at-iowa-state-fair-milking-cows-and-eyeing-senate-race\/\" title=\"Kari Lake shines at Iowa State Fair: Milking cows and eyeing Senate run.\">rivals\u2019 \u200dstump speeches<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>None of the hopefuls, however, were staging events where former Arizona gubernatorial candidate and MAGA \u2063maven Kari Lake went \u2064upon her\u200d arrival \u2062at\u200d the fair: into a steamy, scented \u2064barn to milk a cow.<\/p>\n<p>An Iowa native \u2063raised on a farm, Ms. Lake \u2064made points with each pull,\u2064 asking between the\u200c swish, swish, swish of freshly spurt\u200b milk if any reporters from the New York Times were around so they could see living proof \u201cthat there are only two \u2062genders.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/kari-lake-team-responds-to-reports-shes-readying-a-2024-campaign-5459255\">Kari Lake Team Responds\u200b to Reports She&#8217;s Readying a 2024 Campaign<\/a> (8\/11\/2023)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/kari-lake-files-new-election-appeal-to-the-supreme-court-5401849\">Kari Lake \u200cFiles New Election Appeal to Arizona\u2062 Supreme Court<\/a> (7\/16\/2023)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/analysis-desantis-campaign-restart-in-iowa-gains-some-traction-5429582\">ANALYSIS: DeSantis\u2064 Campaign Restart in Iowa Gains Traction<\/a> \u2063 (7\/29\/2023)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/guess-whos-coming-for-dinner-13-gop-candidates-in-130-minutes-in-iowa-cattle-call-5431378\">Guess Who&#8217;s Coming for Dinner? 13 GOP Candidates in 130 \u2064Minutes in Iowa Cattle \u2064Call<\/a> (7\/29\/2023)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>If this exhibition didn\u2019t suffice, she invited anyone unsure about how many genders there are to go to the nearby bullpen \u201cand milk a bull and see how that goes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Four presidential candidates\u200d were on the grounds\u2014former Vice President Mike Pence, Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, Michigan businessman Perry Johnson, conservative radio host \u200cLarry Elder, Jr.\u2014stumping at the Des Moines Register Political Soapbox and joining\u200c Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds for \u2018Fair Side Chats.\u2019 Texas pastor and entrepreneur Ryan Binkley\u200d was \u2064making rounds.<\/p>\n<p>But it was Ms. \u200dLake, a prospective 2024 Arizona senate candidate, and potential Trump \u2064running mate, who stole \u2062the show on the second day of the\u2062 11-day Iowa State Fair.<\/p>\n<p>More than 1 million visitors and at least \u200d13 presidential\u200c candidates are expected to prowl the 445-acre fairgrounds near the \u200dState Capitol complex east of downtown Des Moines before\u200c the fair ends Aug. 20. \u2064At least seven, including Mr. Trump, will be on scene \u200cAug. 12.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Lake said\u2064 the former \u2063president enjoys venues like the Iowa State Fair, where he plans to meet and greet folks on the midway \u2063\u201cbecause he is a man of\u200c the people\u201d rather than participate in the fair\u2019s scheduled event. His campaign only \u2063announced he\u2062 was coming on Aug. 8.<\/p>\n<p>And so \u2063Ms. Lake was on Team\u2063 Trump\u2019s vanguard, ensuring the former president, who leads\u2062 GOP rivals by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-fear-turnout-flop-for-newsom-recall-election-because-trump-is-out-of-the-picture\/\" title=\"Democrats Fear Turnout Flop For Newsom Recall Election Because Trump Is Out Of The Picture\">30 percentage points<\/a> in national polls but not by as such wide margins in Iowa, remains\u200b first and foremost in voters\u2019 minds.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am going to do\u200b everything I\u2064 can \u200cto\u2063 help President Trump,\u201d she said, noting the nation is suffering under the tutelage \u200bof the Biden administration. \u201cI\u2019m really just a mom who is tired of where this country is going.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Lake said as a \u2062native Iowan\u200d who grew up on a farm, she understands the importance of agriculture. \u201cIowa feeds the United \u200bStates and the world,\u201d she said, \u201cand the president knows that\u201d \u2063too.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width:600px\" class=\"alignnone\">\n  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"image.jpg\" alt=\"Kari Lake milks a cow\u200b at the 'I milked \u2064a cow' area at the Iowa State\u200c Fair in \u2064Des Moines, Iowa, on Aug.\u200b 11, 2023.\"><figcaption>Kari Lake milks a cow at the &#8220;I milked a cow&#8221;\u2062 area \u200dat the Iowa State Fair in Des\u2063 Moines, Iowa, on\u2062 Aug. 11, 2023.\u200b (Madalina Vasiliu\/The Epoch Times)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Senate or Trump&#8217;s VP Running \u200dMate?<\/h2>\n<p>One of 2024\u2019s most pivotal Senate\u2064 races will be in Arizona, where Republicans have a \u200cgood\u2062 chance to gain a seat in \u2062their effort to recapture the\u200c Senate.<\/p>\n<p>Incumbent Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, elected in 2018\u2064 as a Democrat before leaving the party in December 2022, has not announced her 2024 intentions\u2062 but is \u200dexpected to seek a second six-year term.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) announced in January that he was running for Ms. Sinema\u2019s seat. Pinal County Sheriff Mark Lamb and former gubernatorial candidate \u2063George Nicholson are \u2064the two most prominent Republican hopefuls.<\/p>\n<p>With an April 8 filing deadline for the state\u2019s Aug. 6, 2024 \u200cprimary, \u200bmuch is in flux \u2062in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/everything-to-know-about-republicans-visiting-iowa-this-weekend\/\" title=\"Key details about Republicans visiting Iowa this weekend\">key \u2063battleground state<\/a>, but a contentious \u2064three-way race appears likely.<\/p>\n<p>Ms. Lake said \u200dshe is pondering entering \u2063the GOP\u200c primary to win the party nod\u2063 to take on Ms. Sinema and Mr. Gallego.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am strongly considering it,\u201d\u2063 she said, promising a decision by fall. \u201cI need to take a \u200blook at the field\u201d to ensure the Republicans field a \u200dcandidate \u2063that can \u201cmeet the needs of \u200dthe people of Arizona.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rumor had\u200d it that Ms. Lake would\u2063 be appearing later at Steak &#038; Stein, a restaurant bar \u200bon the fairgrounds midway, and would be bartending.<\/p>\n<p>She\u200b was, she said, but\u2063 had not heard about the bartending gig. But, no problem, she can do that.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know how to\u2062 milk a cow and I know how to tap a beer,\u201d Ms. Lake said. \u201cI\u2019d do \u200bit if they \u200dlet me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Even without Mr. Trump on the scene, Aug. 12 \u200bwill be a busy day for midway politicking with \u200bentrepreneur Vivek \u200bRamaswamy, former Trump administration U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley,\u200d and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis\u2014all already campaigning across the Hawkeye\u2064 State\u2014joining Gov. Reynolds for morning \u2018Fair Side Chats.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Ramaswamy and Ms. Haley will later that day appear on Des Moines\u200d Register Political Soapbox along with Republican \u2064pastor and business owner Ryan Binkley and Democrats\u200d Marianne Williams<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DES MOINES, Iowa\u2014Former President Donald Trump, along with seven other 2024 presidential candidates, will be at the Iowa State Fair on Aug. 12. Trump&#8217;s advance team and supporters were already present at the fair, making their presence known at rival candidates&#8217; speeches. 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