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Former President Donald Trump attended the annual Iowa-Iowa State rivalry
football game on Saturday, where security wedged Trump through large crowds of
fans chanting ?U-S-A.?
President @realDonaldTrump arrives at Jack Trice Stadium!
pic.twitter.com/uihKKazQ14
? Margo Martin (@margommartin) September 9, 2023
Iowa loves President @realDonaldTrump!!! ????
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? Margo Martin (@margommartin) September 9, 2023
Trump, the current frontrunner in the GOP presidential primary, attended the
game along with a number of fellow primary contenders: Florida Governor Ron
DeSantis, North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum, former Arkansas Governor Asa
Hutchinson, and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, according to The Hill.
While the other candidates tended toward more intimate settings to interact
with fans ? such as hanging out at pregame tailgates and sitting among fans
during the game ? Trump watched the game in a suite with major GOP donor and
casino kingpin Gary Kirke. The former president also entertained other
important figures in Iowa who filtered through the suite throughout the game,
according to the Associated Press.
Iowans who attended the rivalry game and sat near Trump?s box alternately
cheered and booed the former president during the game.
Some influential Iowans, such as Republican Governor Kim Reynolds and social
conservative leader Bob Vander Plaats, have expressed doubt about Trump?s
chances of winning the Iowa GOP primary. The former president has lagged
behind other candidates in participating in the face-to-face retail
politicking the Iowa primary is traditionally known for. Trump, however,
currently leads the primary field by roughly 28 points, according to Real
Clear Politics polling average.
Before the rivalry game, Trump participated in some retail politicking with
members of Iowa State?s Alpha Gamma Ro agriculture fraternity. The former
president flipped burgers and signed footballs to the cheers of hundreds of
Iowa State students, according to the AP.
President @realDonaldTrump stops by Alpha Gamma Ro Agriculture
Fraternity House ???? pic.twitter.com/Loftf2Leh0
? Margo Martin (@margommartin) September 9, 2023
President @realDonaldTrump flipping burgers at Iowa State University!
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? Margo Martin (@margommartin) September 9, 2023
Iowa State college students go WILD as President Trump throws
autographed footballs to crowd at fraternity tailgate
pic.twitter.com/ooP94fWtyD
? The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) September 9, 2023
Trump?s visit to Iowa, his seventh of the primary, came after a Friday
stopover in South Dakota, where he received the endorsement of Governor Kristi
Noem. Noem, who gained national attention for her governance of the COVID
pandemic, is reportedly a favored pick to run as Trump?s vice president if he
wins the GOP nomination.
?He is the leader, the fighter that our country needs. He has my full and
complete endorsement for President of the United States of America. I will do
everything I can to help him win and save this country,? Noem said at a joint
rally with Trump in Rapid City.
DeSantis is Trump?s top competition in the GOP primary, and the Florida
governor?s campaign and allies are devoting much of their resources to
knocking the former president out of first in the early primary states. The
DeSantis campaign has expressed optimism in overcoming Trump in Iowa, and the
governor is in the middle of an extensive ground tour that his campaign says
will take him to every one of Iowa?s 99 counties.
Ramaswamy and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley edged up in the most recent
poll of Iowa voters, drawing 9% and 10% support, respectively, in an Iowa
State/Civiqs poll released on Friday.
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