A tornado watch kept the former president from sucking up all the oxygen.
SIOUX CENTER, Iowa — Ron DeSantis declined to go after Donald Trump directly on Saturday during his most high-profile swing through Iowa to date. Fortunately for the Florida governor, the prospect of a literal tornado kept Trump away — and out of the spotlight.
“If we focus the election on the past or on other side issues, then I think the Democrats are going to beat us again,” DeSantis told a Sioux Center crowd, one of several veiled jabs at Trump. “And I think it’ll be very difficult to recover from that defeat.” “What a muddy, wet nightmare,” said Kelly Koch, chair of the Dallas County Republican Party, who had gotten to Water Works Park in Des Moines at 11 a.m. She called it “smart” for Trump’s campaign to call off the event, where standing water had become a problem at the low-lying outdoor venue.
Perry Johnson, a wealthy longshot candidate not registering in polls, set up his own campaign event across from the Trump rally location and took photos with a handful of the former president’s supporters, saying in a statement afterward that “the rain gave way to a beautiful afternoon,” and it was “truly a shame Trump canceled his event.
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