Tag: Iowa

LIVE NOW: DeSantis Speaks at Des Moines, 2nd Stop on Iowa Trip

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at his second Iowa event in Des Moines at 6:00 p.m. ET on March 10, a few hours after his first stop at Davenport. He made his first trip to the early-voting state of Iowa on March 10, only days before fellow Republican Donald Trump’s scheduled event there, but DeSantis…


DeSantis Speaks at Des Moines, 2nd Stop on Iowa Trip

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks at his second Iowa event in Des Moines at 6:00 p.m. ET on March 10, a few hours after his first stop at Davenport. He made his first trip to the early-voting state of Iowa on March 10, only days before fellow Republican Donald Trump’s scheduled event there, but DeSantis…


LIVE 9 AM ET: DeSantis Speaks at Davenport on ‘The Freedom Blueprint’ Trip in Iowa

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks at Davenport at 9:00 a.m. ET on March 10 on his “The Freedom Blueprint” trip to the early-voting state of Iowa before his highly expected bid for the Republican presidential nomination. …


LIVE NOW: DeSantis Speaks at Davenport on ‘The Freedom Blueprint’ Trip in Iowa

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks at Davenport at 9:00 a.m. ET on March 10 on his “The Freedom Blueprint” trip to the early-voting state of Iowa before his highly expected bid for the Republican presidential nomination. …


DeSantis Speaks at Davenport on ‘The Freedom Blueprint’ Trip in Iowa

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis speaks at Davenport at 9:00 a.m. ET on March 10 on his “The Freedom Blueprint” trip to the early-voting state of Iowa before his highly expected bid for the Republican presidential nomination. …


Vivek Ramaswamy Answers Critics, Outlines 2024 Vision in Iowa

The excitement among Iowa’s Republican state legislators was palpable; Vivek Ramaswamy, ESG skeptic and 2024 presidential hopeful, had come to the Iowa State Capitol to speak to them on Feb. 23. Like other probable 2024 contenders who have visited the state, the Indian-American entrepreneur and author of “Woke, Inc.” praised the state’s new universal school…


Scott Continues Iowa Tour As 2024 Buzz Grows

Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) continued his “Faith In America” tour on Feb. 22 in a back-and-forth exchange with a crowd of Polk County Republicans at their Lincoln Day Dinner in West Des Moines, Iowa. Yet even as he builds momentum, South Carolina’s junior senator has stayed mum on 2024. Scott spoke earlier on Feb. 21…


Tim Scott Challenges Left’s Racial Rhetoric: ‘You Can Even Call Me Uncle Tim’

Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) spoke of race, faith, and America on Feb. 22 at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa, as rumors of his potential 2024 bid percolate through political Washington. “God has already blessed America,” he told the audience. Scott invoked his experience as a successful black American to reject some of the criticism…


Ukraine War a ‘Fight for Freedom’ US Can’t Afford to Lose: Haley in Iowa

Former South Carolina Governor and 2024 presidential hopeful Nikki Haley sounded hawkish on Ukraine outside Des Moines, Iowa, in a speech kicking off her tour through the first state on Republicans’ primary and caucus calendar. “This is a war about freedom, and it’s a war we have to win,” she said of the Ukraine conflict,…


17-Year-Old Iowan Sees Jeep Break Through Ice on Lake, Teams Up With 4 Strangers to Save Driver and Dog

An Iowa teen was ice fishing with his mother on East Okoboji Lake last Saturday, Feb. 4, when he witnessed a Jeep plunge perilously through the ice. Alongside four other men, Joe Salmon, 17, an Okoboji High senior, immediately rushed to help the driver of the Jeep, whose 6-year-old dog, Cooper, was also trapped inside….