{"id":2060077,"date":"2023-10-08T20:58:02","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T00:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-presidential-candidates-confront-trumps-popularity-in-iowa\/"},"modified":"2023-10-08T20:59:18","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T00:59:18","slug":"gop-presidential-candidates-confront-trumps-popularity-in-iowa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-presidential-candidates-confront-trumps-popularity-in-iowa\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP candidates face Trump&#8217;s popularity in Iowa."},"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%2Fgop-presidential-candidates-confront-trumps-popularity-in-iowa%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=2060077&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--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Republican presidential candidate Florida Governor Ron DeSantis \u2063greets guests during a campaign event at \u200cRefuge City Church on October 08, 2023 in \u200bCedar Rapids, Iowa.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/brooke-mallory\">Brooke Mallory<\/a><br \/>5:55 \u2063PM \u2013 Sunday, October 8, 2023<\/p>\n<p>GOP presidential contender\u2019s \u2064aspirations collided in the \u200cHawkeye State on Saturday, 100 days before Republican hopefuls attend their\u200d caucuses, making Iowa the\u200c center of attention once more.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-2\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-2'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Much of the field has aggressively \u200cturned their focus to Iowa in an effort to stop \u200bformer\u200d President Donald Trump\u2019s march toward the nomination due to his ongoing, growing popularity in the polls.<\/p>\n<p>In particular, Gov. Ron DeSantis has regarded the state as \u2063a must-win.<\/p>\n<p>The sudden \u2063onslaught by Hamas terrorists in Gaza, who fired a deadly barrage of rockets and dispatched gunmen into \u200bIsraeli territory, threw candidates\u2019 prepared speeches\u2062 into disarray \u200bon Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Israel\u2019s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu proclaimed his country to\u2062 be \u201cat war\u201d and said that the world had entered a new era of conflict.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThey\u200b have a responsibility to defend themselves with overwhelming force,\u201d DeSantis said\u200d at \u2063a meet and greet at a coffee shop in Ankeny, Iowa.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Trump denounced the attacks as an \u201cact of savagery\u201d and held\u200c the Biden administration accountable.<\/p>\n<p>Former Vice President Mike Pence denounced the attack\u200d on Saturday and drew comparisons between backing for Israel and support for Ukraine, singling out three of\u2063 his\u2063 competitors who \u2064had \u200cquestioned the \u200dU.S. government\u2019s continued financial \u200bassistance to the nation.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cI call\u2063 on Donald Trump, Vivek Ramaswamy, and Ron\u2064 DeSantis to abandon \u200dthe language of appeasement\u2014to say that we will stand strong with Israel, we will stand \u200cstrong with Ukraine, we will stand\u200d as the leader of the free world,\u201d Pence\u2063 said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>He also warned that \u201cappeasement will only continue to embolden the forces of Hamas, their terrorist sponsors\u200b in Iran and elsewhere around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>Jeff \u2064Angelo,\u200d a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rush-limbaughs-death-certificate-says-greatest-radio-host-of-all-time\/\" title=\"Rush Limbaugh\u2019s Death Certificate Says \u2018Greatest Radio Host Of All Time\u2019\">conservative radio show host<\/a> in Iowa who regularly hosts GOP officials, said, \u201cWith Trump having such a gigantic lead going into this home stretch, you\u2019re going to know at the end of this caucus if someone can legitimately challenge him\u2064 or if it\u2019s all over\u2026 I\u200c really get the sense that the\u2063 candidates understand it\u2019s Iowa or\u200b nothing. If you\u2019re not close here, there\u2019s no strategy \u200cto beat Donald\u200d Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>DeSantis\u2062 made himself available to Iowa reporters for the majority of last \u2062week, even though he was campaigning and raising money elsewhere. His campaign \u2064also recently\u200d relocated one-third of its Tallahassee campaign team to \u2062Des Moines.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis started a three-day \u200dbus journey on Saturday in an effort \u2062to fulfill a commitment to visit all 99 Iowa counties.<\/p>\n<p>According to information \u2063given by AdImpact, a superPAC backing DeSantis, \u2063Never\u200b Back Down, has spent around $9.8 million\u200c supporting the \u2063governor on Iowa\u2019s airwaves.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cThe only thing\u2062 that \u2062truly matters is\u2064 Iowa,\u201d said \u200cPete Snyder, a former gubernatorial candidate now raising money\u2062 for DeSantis. \u201cIf you don\u2019t win \u2062that, \u2063no one is going anywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Trump campaigned in Waterloo and Cedar Rapids on Saturday after holding \u200can event in Ottumwa the previous weekend. His strategists told the press that seven appearances in Iowa are scheduled for October as part of a deliberate attempt to sustain momentum leading up to the January 15 caucuses, particularly while his competitors work nonstop to woo voters\u2064 in the first-in-the-nation nomination state.<\/p>\n<p>Trump also continues to be the \u2062leading option \u2063for\u200d Republicans in terms of the 2024 GOP bid.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cI\u2063 really haven\u2019t been involved with any of the other candidates,\u201d said 29-year-old Zackary Musgrove who talked to reporters\u200b at \u2064an\u200d Ottumwa rally. \u201cI\u2019m \u200dall Trump all the \u200cway.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This weekend, Nikki Haley\u200c traveled to Iowa\u2064 for\u200c three stops on her campaign trail, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-presidential-candidates-confront-trumps-popularity-in-iowa\/\" title=\"GOP candidates face Trump's popularity in Iowa.\">including town hall meetings<\/a> in Sioux City, Ida Grove, and Boone. <\/p>\n<p>According to a\u200b Republican close to the campaign, Haley \u200dalso plans to step up her organizational efforts in\u200b Iowa. An announcement is scheduled for Monday as she \u2063wraps\u2064 up her weekend visit to the state. When it comes to\u2062 the first three states on the GOP nomination calendar\u2014Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina\u2014Haley has adopted a three-state approach more than many of her opponents have.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s smart, she\u2019s tough and \u200cshe\u2019s passionate,\u201d\u2063 said Jane Barth,\u200c a Republican voter who came to\u200d see Haley at a recent event. \u201cI think she would be fantastic.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Sen. Tim\u2062 Scott of\u200b South Carolina also launched a push in Iowa, hoping to win over the\u2063 state\u2019s evangelical voters with \u2063a campaign that emphasizes faith \u200dand \u2062is strongly pro-life. <\/p>\n<p>A super \u2063PAC backing Scott has allocated $14.5 million in airtime for the fall, more than twice \u200bas much as the pro-DeSantis Never Back \u200dDown. His campaign has already spent $6 million\u200c on Iowa\u2063 commercials.<\/p>\n<p>Stay \u200cinformed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to your inbox for free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>President Joe Biden, in a stunning reversal, will bypass numerous federal laws \u200cto continue construction of former President Donald Trump\u2019s border wall, even after swearing to never do so.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>There\u2019s a brand new song\u2064 out by artist Jimmy\u200d Levy called\u00a0 \u201cFreedom.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Congressman Mike Collins tells One America News that Georgia\u2019s new\u200b Prosecuting Attorneys Qualifications Commission could act \u2064to remove Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The jobs report for \u2062September shows that we added 336,000 jobs, which is above expectations of 170,000.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Joe Biden\u2019s administration is facing pressure from some lawmakers to\u200d restrict American companies from working on a freely available \u200cchip technology widely \u2063used in China.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>OpenAI is exploring making its own artificial\u2064 intelligence chips and\u200c is\u2062 evaluating a potential acquisition target.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>South Korea\u2019s telecommunications \u200cregulator said on Friday that\u200c Alphabet \u2062Inc\u2019s Google and Apple have abused their dominant app market position.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Billionaire Elon Musk is under investigation \u200bby the U.S. \u200bSecurities and Exchange \u200dCommission \u200cover his\u2062 2022 purchase of social media giant Twitter<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2>Lack of action in support of\u200c Israel. He argues that the\u200b United States should prioritize its alliance \u200cwith \u2062Israel over any \u2062other\u200d diplomatic\u200b considerations. \u200b <\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<p><span>  The Importance of \u200cIowa in the 2024 \u2064GOP Presidential \u2063Campaign<\/p>\n<p>Republican presidential contenders have turned their attention to Iowa \u200das they prepare \u200bfor the upcoming caucuses. This \u200cMidwestern state has become a center of \u200cfocus due to the growing popularity of \u200bformer President Donald Trump in the polls. In particular, Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida views Iowa as a must-win.<\/p>\n<p>However, the recent onslaught of attacks by Hamas terrorists in Gaza has thrown \u200ca curveball into the candidates&#8217; campaign strategies. As Israel&#8217;s\u2064 Prime\u2062 Minister Benjamin \u2062Netanyahu declared his \u200bcountry to be &#8220;at \u200bwar,&#8221; DeSantis emphasized the need for overwhelming force to defend Israel in the \u2062face of \u200baggression.<\/p>\n<p>Trump, who denounced the attacks as an act of savagery, holds \u2064the Biden administration responsible for its<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On October 8, 2023, Ron DeSantis, the Republican presidential candidate and Florida Governor, warmly welcomes attendees at a campaign event in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. 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