Yea …yea….
Donald Trump and 2024…..
THAT maybe the media narrative….
But?
That ain’t stopping other Republicans from showing up in Iowa for some face time….
A slew of potential 2024 Republican presidential candidates are descending on Iowa, testing the political waters three years out from the state’s next presidential caucuses.
Former President Trump, who garnered the attention of campaign watchers last month when he hired two Republican operatives in Iowa, is slated to hold a rally in the Hawkeye State in the near future.
Meanwhile, Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) traveled to Iowa last month to campaign with Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa) at a fundraiser in Fayette. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) also stumped with Hinson at her re-election campaign launch event last week, while Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) visited the state on Monday and Tuesday.
Others who have been floated as potential candidates have also made the trip, including former Vice President Mike Pence, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, and South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R ).
“This has got to be one of the busiest years in the first year of a caucus cycle that we’ve seen,” said Iowa GOP Chair Jeff Kaufmann, who met with Rubio Monday night at a state party event in Clear Lake, Iowa.
The visits highlight the state’s traditional status as the first in the nation presidential contest – and its importance to House Republicans.
In addition to building their profile in Iowa ahead of a potential run, having a presence in the state allows potential candidates to get a lay of the land in the state, which is known for its heavy retail politicking culture. Visiting the state also allows candidates to build up a network of support from operatives, activists, party chairs, and state and local lawmakers.
Connecting with state and local activists in the state is of particular importance due to the caucus process, which involves having to turn people out to participate in the event at a specific time….
image…Greg Nash/The Hill
Everyone of them….
MAGA red hat wearing bootlickers.
Wait until after the midterms to talk about the Primaries, and even then don’t give Iowa too much thought. NH, NV, and SC are way more important to the actual outcome. Iowa is just noise.
Republicans will be gathering later this month in DC for a rally demanding “justice” for the Republican domestic terrorists who invaded the Capitol Jan.6.
Republicans are evil. I can say what I believe now with CG gone – although I recall that in his last month here, he argued that it was actually the Democrats who were “dangerous”.
I know you have expressed this feeling in the past.At the time I thought you were being too radical.Now ?
I would agree that the majority of Republican officeholders and commentators in this country are evil.
I agree. Not something I like to believe, but when truth hits you over the head enough times, you should eventually take heed.
And it seeps down to a personal level, too. You make enough moral sacrifices for the party line, and you become a different, lesser person for it.
That’s a tough one for me. At times I agree that Republicans are by and large “evil”. But at other times I think they just align themselves with evil sentiments because they are seen as “anti-liberal” or “anti-Democratic Party”.
Either way though the end result is the same. And you really can’t in all seriousness say that Democrats do the same thing. They just don’t.