{"id":2012044,"date":"2023-08-25T13:33:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-25T17:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-trump-backing-iowa-gop-co-chair-endorses-desantis-citing-debate-performance\/"},"modified":"2023-08-25T13:34:09","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T17:34:09","slug":"former-trump-backing-iowa-gop-co-chair-endorses-desantis-citing-debate-performance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-trump-backing-iowa-gop-co-chair-endorses-desantis-citing-debate-performance\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Iowa GOP co-chair, once a Trump supporter, now endorses DeSantis due to impressive debate."},"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\">30<\/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%2Fformer-trump-backing-iowa-gop-co-chair-endorses-desantis-citing-debate-performance%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=2012044&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>The Former\u200c Co-Chairman of the Iowa Republican Party Endorses Gov. Ron DeSantis for President<\/h2>\n<p>The former co-chairman of the\u200d Iowa Republican Party, Dr. Cody Hoefert, has officially \u2063endorsed Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) for \u2062president. Dr. Hoefert, who\u200d served as co-chairman from 2014 to 2021, was particularly \u2062impressed by DeSantis&#8217;s performance at \u2064the recent Republican National Committee&#8217;s primary debate.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;There was one\u200d candidate that\u200b stood in \u2064the center of the stage, stood strong, and spoke about the issues Iowans cared about,&#8221; Dr.\u2064 Hoefert said,\u200d referring to Wednesday&#8217;s debate.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>During the \u200bdebate, DeSantis\u2062 emphasized leadership and\u2062 his plans to address the nation&#8217;s problems. Dr. Hoefert, watching \u200bwith his family, was so inspired by DeSantis&#8217;s words that he made up his mind that night to \u2063endorse him \u200cfor president.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nbc-news-covers-the-biden-administration\/\" title=\"NBC News Covers the Biden Administration\u00a0\">worth noting<\/a> that Dr. Hoefert had previously been critical of former President Donald Trump\u200d due to a publicized feud with Gov. Kim\u2062 Reynolds (R-IA). However,\u200c despite his \u2062disagreement with\u2063 Trump&#8217;s actions, \u200cDr. Hoefert refrained from \u2062endorsing another candidate.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Hoefert predicted that the rift between Trump and Reynolds would negatively impact Trump&#8217;s standing with voters in Iowa. He believed \u2063that Gov. Reynolds&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/former-trump-backing-iowa-gop-co-chair-endorses-desantis-citing-debate-performance\/\" title=\"Former Iowa GOP co-chair, once a Trump supporter, now endorses DeSantis due to impressive debate.\">positive track\u200b record<\/a> and\u2063 popularity among Iowa Republicans\u200d would make it an \u200cunwise move for the former president to go after \u200bher.<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the debate, Dr. Hoefert shared posts on\u2062 social media, expressing his support for DeSantis&#8217;s answers and performance.\u200c Iowa \u200bRepublican strategist David Kochel \u2064acknowledged Dr.\u200b Hoefert&#8217;s \u200binfluence, stating that he\u2063 is well-known and well-liked among activists in GOP-heavy\u200b northwest Iowa.<\/p>\n<p>While\u200b DeSantis outperformed his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ratings-for-bidens-address-to-congress-are-in-and-theyre-horrendous\/\" title=\"Ratings For Biden\u2019s Address To Congress Are In, And They\u2019re Horrendous\">national numbers<\/a>\u200c in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-continuous-media-covid-fear-mongering-may-backfire-and-diminish-democrat-voter-turnout\/\" title=\"The Continuous Media COVID Fear Mongering May BACKFIRE and Diminish Democrat Voter Turnout\">recent poll<\/a> of\u200c Iowa likely caucusgoers, Trump still maintained a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-support-grows-among-college-educated-as-primary-foes-fail-to-lock-up-group\/\" title=\"College-educated individuals are increasingly supporting Trump as his primary opponents fail to secure their backing.\">double-digit \u200blead<\/a> as the most popular \u2062candidate. However,\u2064 pollster Ann Selzer noted\u2062 that DeSantis \u200dand Trump have competing &#8220;footprints&#8221; in the state, with DeSantis holding a 61% footprint compared to Trump&#8217;s 63%.<\/p>\n<p>This endorsement from \u200dDr. Hoefert comes at \u200ba crucial time for Team DeSantis, as they aim to demonstrate strength and momentum in the race for the presidency.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click \u2063here to read more from The\u2062 Washington Examiner.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former Iowa Republican Party co-chairman, Dr. Cody Hoefert, endorsed Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) for president, praising his standout performance at the Republican National Committee&#8217;s primary debate. Hoefert, who served from 2014 to 2021, highlighted DeSantis as the candidate who commanded the center stage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2012045,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2012044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2012044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2012044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2012044\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2012045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2012044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2012044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2012044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}