DeSantis takes second place over Haley in Iowa caucuses
Updated: 11:47 PM CST Jan 15, 2024
SOUTH CAROLINA, WATCH OUT AMERICA. RONDA SANTOS IS NOT DONE. I WANT TO THANK TOO. I JUST WANT TO THANK THE IOWA GOP AND THE REPUBLICAN PARTY FOR A SUCCESSFUL FIRST IN THE NATION CAUCUS. UH, THEY DID A GREAT JOB, AND I WANT TO THANK THEM FOR ALL THE WORK THAT THEY PUT IN. BUT I HAVE BEEN SO PROUD TO STAND UP AND ENDORSE GOVERNOR DESANTIS. HIS RECORD IS UNDENIABLE. THIS IS THE MAN THAT CAN STEP IN ON DAY ONE AND REVERSE THE MADNESS THAT WE SEE HAPPENING FROM THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION. HE HAS THE RECORD. HE HAS THE RESOLVED. HE’S A BOLD, PRINCIPLED LEADER. HE IS A HARD WORKER. THIS GUY WILL TAKE IT TO THE END. SO LET’S KEEP SUPPORTING HIM. LET’S KEEP THE MOMENTUM GOING. THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DID. LET’S WELCOME TO THE STAGE THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, RON DESANTIS. WHO IS HERE? WHO? I THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WELL, THEY THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THEY THREW EVERYTHING BUT THE KITCHEN SINK AT US. RUN, RUN, RUN. RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN. WE LOVE YOU TOO. THEY THREW EVERYTHING BUT THE KITCHEN SINK AT US. THEY SPENT. ALMOST $50 MILLION ATTACKING US. NO ONE’S FACED THAT MUCH ALL THE WAY. JUST THROUGH IOWA. THEY, THE MEDIA WAS AGAINST US. THEY WERE WRITING OUR OBITUARY MONTHS AGO. THEY EVEN CALLED THE ELECTION BEFORE PEOPLE EVEN GOT A CHANCE TO VOTE. BUT THEY WERE JUST SO EXCITED ABOUT THE FACT THAT THEY WERE PREDICTING THAT WE WOULDN’T BE ABLE TO GET OUR TICKET PUNCHED HERE OUT OF IOWA. BUT I CAN TELL YOU, BECAUSE OF YOUR SUPPORT IN SPITE OF ALL OF THAT, THAT THEY THREW AT US, EVERYONE AGAINST US, WE’VE GOT OUR TICKET PUNCHED OUT OF IOWA. AND WHAT I WHAT I LEARNED BY GOING AROUND IOWA IS THAT THIS COUNTRY HAS A BASIC DECENCY. WE WE’VE GOT HARD WORKING PEOPLE, GOD FEARING PEOPLE, PATRIOTIC PEOPLE. YOU JUST DON’T SEE IT EVERY DAY BECAUSE OF ALL THE NONSENSE THAT GETS SPEWED OUT THERE BY THE MEDIA, BY SOCIAL MEDIA, ALL THIS OTHER STUFF PEOPLE WANT TO HAVE HOPE FOR THIS COUNTRY’S FUTURE. AND THAT’S WHAT WE REPRESENT. WE REPRESENT A CHANCE TO REVERSE THE MADNESS THAT WE’VE SEEN IN THIS COUNTRY, TO REVERSE THE DECLINE OF THIS COUNTRY AND TO GIVE THIS COUNTRY A NEW BIRTH OF FREEDOM AND A RESTORATION OF SANITY. THAT’S WHAT WE ARE GOING TO DO FOR. SO WE HAVE OUR MARCHING ORDERS, OUR MARCHING ORDERS ARE TO DO ALL WE CAN TO PRESERVE WHAT GEORGE WASHINGTON CALLED THE SACRED FIRE OF LIBERTY, THE SAME FIRE THAT BURNED IN PHILADELPHIA IN 1776 WHEN OUR FOUNDING FATHERS SIGNED THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, THE SAME SACRED FIRE OF LIBERTY THAT BURNED AT A CEMETERY IN GETTYSBURG. WHEN OUR FIRST REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, PLEDGED OUR NATION TO A NEW BIRTH OF FREEDOM, THE SAME SACRED FIRE OF LIBERTY THAT WAS ON THE BEACHES OF NORMANDY IN 1944, WHEN OUR BAND OF BROTHERS STORMED THOSE SHORES AND HELPED FREE THE WORLD AND THE SAME SACRED FIRE OF LIBERTY THAT WAS AT THE BERLIN WALL IN 1987, WHEN RONALD REAGAN STOOD THERE AND SAID, MR. GORBACHEV, TEAR DOWN THIS WALL. THIS IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO CARRY THIS TORCH AND TO PRESERVE THIS SACRED FIRE OF LIBERTY. DON’T RUN AWAY FROM THIS RESPONSIBILITY. WE WELCOME THIS RESPONSIBILITY. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORT. WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT. YOU HELPED US GET A TICKET PUNCHED OUT OF THE HAWKEYE STATE. WE HAVE A LOT OF WORK TO DO, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THIS. AS THE NEXT PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, I AM GOING TO GET THE JOB DONE FOR THIS COUNTRY. I AM NOT. I AM NOT GOING TO MAKE ANY EXCUSES. AND I GUARANTEE YOU THIS I WILL NOT LET YOU DOWN. THANK YOU ALL. GOD BLESS YOU.
DeSantis takes second place over Haley in Iowa caucuses
Updated: 11:47 PM CST Jan 15, 2024
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will finish in a distant second in the Iowa caucuses, ahead of Nikki Haley and behind Donald Trump.Trump’s iron grip on the Republican Party has been clear since the day he announced he would make another run for the White House 14 months ago. It can be seen in the party’s ideological shift even further to the right on cultural issues and, especially, on immigration policy.DeSantis and Haley are competing to emerge as the top alternative to the former president. Haley hopes to compete vigorously in New Hampshire, where she hopes to be more successful with the state’s independent voters heading into the Jan. 23 primary. DeSantis is heading to New Hampshire on Tuesday after a stop in South Carolina, a conservative stronghold where the Feb. 24 contest could prove pivotal.Video above: Ron DeSantis speaks in Des Moines after finishing second in Iowa caucusesBefore she left, Haley offered a subtle jab at Trump while addressing voters at a same caucus site.“If you want to move forward with no more vendettas, if you want to move forward with a sense of hope, join us in this caucus,” she said. “I ask for your vote. And I promise you I will make sure every day I focus on what it takes to make you proud.”Below video: Nikki Haley speaks in Des Moines after third-place finish in Iowa caucusesTrump showed significant strength among Iowa’s urban, small-town and rural communities, according to AP VoteCast. He also performed well with evangelical Christians and those without a college degree. And a majority of caucusgoers said that they identify with Trump’s “Make America Great Again” movement.Can't see the below election results? Click here. PGlmcmFtZSBjbGFzcz0iYXAtZW1iZWQiIHRpdGxlPSJMaXZlIGVsZWN0aW9uIHJlc3VsdHMgdmlhIHRoZSBBc3NvY2lhdGVkIFByZXNzIiBzcmM9Imh0dHBzOi8vaW50ZXJhY3RpdmVzLmFwLm9yZy9lbGVjdGlvbi1yZXN1bHRzL2N1c3RvbWVycy9sYXlvdXRzL29yZ2FuaXphdGlvbi1sYXlvdXRzL3B1Ymxpc2hlZC8xMDQ4OTkvOTY5OC5odG1sIiB3aWR0aD0iMTAwJSIgZnJhbWVib3JkZXI9IjAiIHNjcm9sbGluZz0ibm8iIG1hcmdpbmhlaWdodD0iMCI+PC9pZnJhbWU+PHNjcmlwdCBkZWZlciBzcmM9Imh0dHBzOi8vaW50ZXJhY3RpdmVzLmFwLm9yZy9lbGVjdGlvbi1yZXN1bHRzL2Fzc2V0cy9taWNyb3NpdGUvcmVzaXplQ2xpZW50LmpzIj48L3NjcmlwdD4=
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will finish in a distant second in the Iowa caucuses, ahead of Nikki Haley and behind Donald Trump.
Trump’s iron grip on the Republican Party has been clear since the day he announced he would make another run for the White House 14 months ago. It can be seen in the party’s ideological shift even further to the right on cultural issues and, especially, on immigration policy.
DeSantis and Haley are competing to emerge as the top alternative to the former president.
Haley hopes to compete vigorously in New Hampshire, where she hopes to be more successful with the state’s independent voters heading into the Jan. 23 primary. DeSantis is heading to New Hampshire on Tuesday after a stop in South Carolina, a conservative stronghold where the Feb. 24 contest could prove pivotal.
Video above: Ron DeSantis speaks in Des Moines after finishing second in Iowa caucuses
Before she left, Haley offered a subtle jab at Trump while addressing voters at a same caucus site.
“If you want to move forward with no more vendettas, if you want to move forward with a sense of hope, join us in this caucus,” she said. “I ask for your vote. And I promise you I will make sure every day I focus on what it takes to make you proud.”
Below video: Nikki Haley speaks in Des Moines after third-place finish in Iowa caucuses
Trump showed significant strength among Iowa’s urban, small-town and rural communities, according to AP VoteCast. He also performed well with evangelical Christians and those without a college degree. And a majority of caucusgoers said that they identify with Trump’s “Make America Great Again” movement.
Can't see the below election results? Click here.