{"id":2149370,"date":"2024-01-15T12:56:04","date_gmt":"2024-01-15T17:56:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-challengers-find-their-iowa-campaigns-no-match-for-maga-movement\/"},"modified":"2024-01-15T12:57:52","modified_gmt":"2024-01-15T17:57:52","slug":"trumps-challengers-find-their-iowa-campaigns-no-match-for-maga-movement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trumps-challengers-find-their-iowa-campaigns-no-match-for-maga-movement\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump&#8217;s opponents struggle to compete with the powerful MAGA &#8216;movement&#8217; 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\">24<\/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%2Ftrumps-challengers-find-their-iowa-campaigns-no-match-for-maga-movement%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=2149370&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>Trump&#8217;s Undeniable Influence in Iowa<\/h2>\n<p>Hourlong lines in the cold, authorized and unauthorized Make \u200bAmerica Great Again merchandise, highly produced \u201chow to caucus\u201d videos \u2014 former President Donald Trump may be the messenger, but he\u200c has \u200dundisputedly inspired\u200b a movement.<\/p>\n<p>That is what Gov. Ron DeSantis\u2063 (R-FL) and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley are up against in Iowa as Trump averages a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-federal-charges-same-dominance-trump-hangs-on-to-front-runner-status\/\" title=\"Trump maintains front-runner status despite new federal charges.\">30 percentage point\u200b advantage<\/a> on his primary opponents before\u2063 the Republican Party\u2019s 2024 opening nominating \u200dcontest on Monday.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Trump&#8217;s Unwavering Support<\/h3>\n<p>Before Trump\u2019s Mason City rally last weekend, Debbie Neuberger, who read about the campaign stop in\u200d \u201cthe newspaper,\u201d \u2062underscored how\u200d most of the people packed into the North Iowa Events Center were for the former president and \u201cthey\u2019re going to vote, vote, vote.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s just awesome,\u201d the \u2063Clear \u2064Lake haunted house owner, 60, told the \u200bWashington Examiner. \u201cPeople love him. They \u200blove him. No matter what, they love him. The more they try to knock him down, the more we love him, the more we go out and help him.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Trump&#8217;s Unbreakable Bond<\/h3>\n<p>After a crowded Trump campaign meet-and-greet with Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) in rural \u2064Keokuk, Sandy Johnson, a \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-woos-gop-crowds-in-iowa-but-pushes-some-toward-his-opponents\/\" title=\"Trump attracts GOP crowds in Iowa, but also drives some towards his opponents\">precinct caucus captain<\/a> for the former president, repeated she would never be \u201cnot voting for Trump until he, for some reason, is no \u200blonger\u200b the candidate.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s always been something about Nikki that \u2062I have not liked,\u201d the Keokuk retired retailer, 79, said. \u201cNow Ron \u200dDeSantis I like, but then I think he\u2019s probably just a\u200d little shallow. I \u200dthink Trump is really deep. I mean, you might not like his personality, which a lot of people don\u2019t, but that man is sincere, and he\u2019s honest, and he\u200d has been through \u2014 she said it right when she said \u2018persecution.\u2019 They \u200dwent after\u2062 him from the get-go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Johnson underscores DeSantis\u2019s predicament, more so than that of Haley, with the Florida governor\u2019s personality and politics\u200b appealing to similar likely caucusgoers as Trump.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>DeSantis&#8217;s\u2064 Challenge<\/h3>\n<p>Dallas County Republican Chairwoman Kelley Koch, who represents \u2062a region\u2062 close to more liberal Des Moines, \u2064contended DeSantis, in particular, was \u201cmisadvised\u201d\u200d and that \u201c98%\u201d of Iowa Republicans had decided for whom they would be caucusing \u201ca while ago\u201d but did not share their decision with pollsters\u200d or reporters.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cAll the other guys never really entered the picture,\u201d Koch said after a drop-in with Donald Trump Jr. in Urbandale. \u201cThe reason why, and \u200cI mean this sincerely, our \u2062country is so messed up right now, with so many problems, that we don\u2019t have time for a rookie.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Trump&#8217;s Unmatched Appeal<\/h3>\n<p>Of DeSantis, she added: \u201cI don\u2019t think they \u200btruly knew that the MAGA people were sleeping at home, working every day, raising kids. And then when the race kicked in, everybody started to wake up.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Marian Webster, 69, an Urbandale retiree who was also at the Trump Jr. event, expressed sympathy \u2062for DeSantis and Haley because she was sure \u201cthey mean well\u201d and \u201cwant the best for \u200cthe country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I don\u2019t see them, I want to\u200d say \u2018comparable\u2019 to Trump,\u201d she said. \u201cHe\u2019s just, he has outdone, I think, any politician. The only other one that comes to mind is\u2063 [former President Ronald] Reagan that I can remember.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Not everyone is a Trump supporter, with one Iowa Republican telling the Washington Examiner he\u200b would consider voting for President Joe\u2063 Biden in the\u200c general election if \u200bTrump becomes his party\u2019s nominee. Others conceded they would reluctantly cast their ballot for Trump, preferring another\u2063 four years of the former president to \u2063another term of the Biden administration.<\/p>\n<p>But as DeSantis and Haley make primary and general election arguments against Donald Trump, Eric Trump remained unconcerned, describing his father\u2019s third\u2063 presidential \u2062campaign and supporters as \u201cthe greatest movement that\u2019s ever existed \u2062in politics.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>The Trump Movement<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cMost people are angry,\u201d\u2064 the younger\u2062 Trump said in an \u2062interview. \u201cThey\u2019re angry \u2064at the state of \u2063this country. They\u2019re angry at the economy.\u2064 I think they\u2019re \u2063going to turn \u200cout, and I think\u200d they\u2019re going to turn\u200d out in big numbers. \u2026 The movement wants Trump back in, and I think they\u2019re going to \u2064show up.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Eric Trump additionally cited his\u200b father\u2019s legal entanglements and alleged the federal government was being weaponized \u200bagainst him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt shouldn\u2019t be this way. It\u2019s\u2063 horribly sad for our nation, but they\u2019re crazy,\u201d he said. \u201cPeople are sick and tired of \u2064it, and\u2064 they want to be proud of their country. \u2063They want to have a president who\u2019s a cheerleader for our country. I think that\u2019s\u2062 going \u2064to really put two people \u2063whose campaigns are \u2062already faltering really on massive life support.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kari Lake, an Arizona Republican Senate candidate and Donald Trump \u200csupporter, presented a more positive case on Trump\u2019s behalf, asserting the former\u2064 president has a record regarding the economy, energy, and foreign policy as part \u200dof his \u201cAmerica First\u201d platform.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, I \u2062wouldn\u2019t use David and Goliath because we know David won that battle,\u201d the former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ariz-gov-ducey-slams-biden-over-saudi-trip-says-president-must-increase-us-oil-production\/\" title=\"Ariz. Gov. Ducey slams Biden over Saudi trip, says President must increase US oil production\">television news anchor<\/a> and 2022 gubernatorial nominee said. \u201cThis is like T-ball versus the major leagues, and\u2064 we\u2019ve got Babe Ruth in President Trump. So, that\u2019s how I would\u2064 equate\u200c it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPeople \u2062recognize that in President Trump, there\u2019s a fighter, somebody who stands up and fights every day,\u201d she continued. \u201cHe \u2064doesn\u2019t need this. He has an incredible\u200c life outside of politics. He\u200b jumped in because he saw that our country \u200cwas moving in the wrong direction. And this movement is\u2062 growing. It\u2019s not contracting. It\u2019s growing, and I don\u2019t know\u2062 that any other candidate can even come close to President Trump. And\u2064 people recognize that he\u2019s going \u2062to get back into office and turn this nightmare around.\u201d<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What factors contribute \u200cto \u200dTrump&#8217;s undeniable influence and\u2062 appeal \u200din\u2064 Iowa?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Olitics.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In the state of Iowa, Trump&#8217;s influence is undeniable. \u200bHis rallies draw large crowds of\u2063 devoted supporters\u200b who are\u200d eager to vote for him. The enthusiasm for Trump \u2064is unwavering, even \u200cin the face of criticism and attempts to undermine him.\u200c His\u2063 supporters admire his authenticity and honesty, believing in his ability to lead the country.<\/p>\n<p>On\u2063 the other hand, Gov.\u200d Ron \u2062DeSantis and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki \u200cHaley face\u200b a\u200c challenging task in Iowa. While both have\u2062 their own appeal, they struggle to\u200b match the fervor\u200d and loyalty that Trump commands. Iowa \u200cRepublicans have already made\u2063 up their minds\u200d about whom they will be caucusing for, and DeSantis and \u200cHaley have failed to\u2064 capture their attention and support.<\/p>\n<p>Dallas County Republican Chairwoman Kelley \u2063Koch argues that DeSantis was misadvised and that \u200dIowa\u200d Republicans are not interested in a rookie candidate. The current state of \u2063the country, with its multitude of problems, requires \u200ba leader who already has experience\u200b and a strong track record. DeSantis,\u2062 despite his appeal, is seen \u2064as \u2064lacking \u200dthe \u200cnecessary qualifications.<\/p>\n<p>It \u2063is clear that Trump&#8217;s appeal is unmatched. Even those who sympathize with \u200cDeSantis and Haley cannot\u200d deny Trump&#8217;s remarkable\u2064 success as a politician.\u2064 Some compare him to former President Ronald Reagan, citing his ability to \u200bcaptivate and inspire the American people.<\/p>\n<p>However, not everyone in Iowa is a Trump supporter. There are some\u2064 who \u2063would consider voting for President Joe Biden if Trump becomes the \u2063nominee.\u200b Nevertheless, a significant\u2063 number of\u2064 individuals are\u2064 willing to \u2062reluctantly support Trump for another term rather than see another four years \u2063of \u2064the Biden administration.<\/p>\n<p>In \u2063conclusion,\u200d Trump&#8217;s \u2063influence in Iowa is undeniably strong. \u200dHe has inspired a\u200c devoted movement of supporters who are eager to\u2064 vote for \u2062him. DeSantis and Haley face an uphill battle in trying to persuade Iowa Republicans to choose them over \u2064Trump. His appeal and\u2062 the loyalty\u2062 of his supporters are \u200bunparalleled. Only time will\u200d tell if another\u2064 politician can match Trump&#8217;s\u200d success in capturing the\u200c hearts and minds of the American people.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Des Moines, Iowa, hourlong queues in the chilly weather, both legal and illegal Make America Great Again products, and well-made &#8220;how to caucus&#8221; videos all point to the undeniable influence of former President Donald Trump. Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley face the challenge of competing with this inspired movement<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2652,"featured_media":2149371,"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-2149370","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\/2149370","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\/2652"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2149370"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2149370\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2149371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2149370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2149370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2149370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}