"Vivek Ramaswamy endorsing Trump was also a big sign that this is the way to go."
One voter says
@VivekGRamaswamy
endorsement mattered when deciding who to cast his ballot for.
📍 Denison, IA
@VivekGRamaswamy
& 17 yr old John after a Pizza Ranch town hall today.
John asked Vivek during his town hall about American exceptionalism.
I asked John why he supports Vivek and he said: “How many people do you know believe in exceptionalism in this country?”
📍Des Moines, IA
@VivekGRamaswamy
takes the stage to speak about the CO2 pipeline/ eminent domain issue.
One farmer I talked to said Vivek spoke about the issue to her and a small group of farmers in March and gives him credit for talking about it back then and now.
📍Newberry, S.C.
Nikki Haley unveils her campaign bus as she kicks off her two-week South Carolina swing through the Palmetto State as Former President Trump holds a dueling event in Conway, S.C. today.
@NikkiHaley
📍Des Moines, IA
@VivekGRamaswamy
unveils his new Iowa campaign HQ tonight at his sixth and final campaign stop of the day.
He has 17 events scheduled in Iowa today through Thursday. Ramaswamy rented a Des Moines apartment and moved his campaign headquarters from Ohio to IA&NH.
📍Clarinda, IA
Scene from
@VivekGRamaswamy
town hall right now in Page County. His second Iowa campaign stop of the day.
One man complimented Vivek for how disciplined his 3-year old son was during the Bob Vander Plaats forum.
📍Lexington, S.C.
@NikkiHaley
hits Trump for saying “where’s her husband?”
“If you mock the service of a combat veteran, you don't deserve a driver's license, let alone being president of the United States.”
📍Urbandale, IA
“English is the only language that should be on the ballot period.”
@VivekGRamaswamy
talks about voter integrity in the U.S. to a group of Iowans for the first out of his six campaign stops today
📍Spartanburg, S.C.
A view from
@NikkiHaley
rally this evening in Spartanburg, S.C.
Haley continues her jabs at Trump:
“He can’t win a general election.”
📍Boone, IA
Vivek Ramaswamy speaks to a packed room in his third Pizza Ranch stop today. His sixth and final campaign stop of the day will be the grand opening of his new campaign HQ in Des, Moines Iowa.
Drove from Manchester, NH to cover
@RonDeSantis
tonight in Claremont, NH. Car wouldn’t make it on the snowy roads. Snowed in for the night. Iowa weather decided to follow us to New Hampshire!
📍Hampton, NH
@RoKhanna
tells Fox News his prediction ahead of the primary in NH on Tuesday: “I believe President Biden will win and it's going to be a hard fought victory as a write-in candidate. That's a big deal.”
📍Sidney, IA
“If you want to put an America First policy, you can't put John Bolton and Nikki Haley and whoever else in your staff in these positions, they're going to frustrate what the heck you're trying to do.”
@VivekGRamaswamy
says he has people in mind for his WH cabinet
WATCH: "I'm pretty loyal to Trump. I'll go through a blizzard."
I talked to voters today and yesterday in Des Moines and Altoona, IA if the cold weather on caucus night will prevent them from showing up.
I have not met a single Iowa resident who is planning on staying home.
BREAKING: Influential evangelical leader
@bobvanderplaats
officially endorses
@GovRonDeSantis
for president during an interview on Fox News with
@BretBaier
.
One GOP strategist based in Iowa told me this is the last significant Iowa endorsement that was still on the table.
Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) stopped by the “Write-In Biden” efforts today in Dover, NH. He told supporters and press during a gaggle:
“Look, it's no secret that people here were upset with the DNC, but people in New Hampshire take their responsibility very, very seriously.”
Watch: “I was shocked… it’s really hard because obviously I thought you’re a Christian.”
One audience member told
@VivekGRamaswamy
last night she was surprised by his faith. After the town hall, she told me faith has a “tremendous impact” on who she will be caucusing for.
📍Corydon, Iowa
I joined
@RonDeSantis
for a Sheriff ride along with Deputy Garrett Abel. We drove by one of the drug houses the deputy busted and the two discussed drug abuse nationwide and in Iowa. The sheriff said: “It’s a problem nationwide, even here in small town Iowa.”
📍Des Moines, IA
Protesters at an Asa Hutchinson event this evening. One guy interrupted Asa and said to the crowd:
“And cut. Great work, everyone. Thank you, guys.”
Another guy in a carrot costume followed him on stage. Asa’s security did not immediately step in.
I asked
@SenGaryPeters
how much of a threat the effort to vote "uncommitted" in the MI Dem primary tomorrow is for Biden during a gaggle. He said:
"If anyone is concerned about what's happening in Gaza, you should be voting for President Biden. He is concerned, he's been
“I need to start with the fact that Donald had a rally today. And in that rally, he mocked my husband's military service. And I'll say this, Donald, if you have something to say, don't say it behind my back. Get on the debate stage and say it to my face.”
@NikkiHaley
just
One Trump supporter stopped to talk with "Write-In Biden" volunteers on his way to a Trump event in Concord, NH on Friday. I spoke with him on the conversations he had.
First question of Gov. DeSantis campaign event today- asking if he knew the name of the star Hawkeye basketball player.
He talked about handing Kaitlan Collins a Caitlin Clark shirt during his CNN town hall.
📍Dubuque, IA
NYC students forced into remote learning so the school can house 2,000 illegal migrants.
@GovRonDeSantis
“You're depriving these kids of in-person education to be able to house people that don't have a right to be here to begin with. That's Joe Biden's America in a nutshell.”
One New Hampshire voter says he voted for Trump because:
"he's the best candidate. He's the only one that's going to correct the madness that's going on in this country. And it's just horrible. It's not the country that I grew up in and I don't want to see it continue down this
📍Sioux City, IA
@RonDeSantis
holds a meet & greet at
@NvrBackDown24
Sioux City HQ before visiting his 99th county in Iowa completing the “Full Grassley” tour.
Gov. DeSantis talks college football today on the campaign trail in Sigourney, IA:
“People ask me after my first term ended, they said, ‘what have you guys not done well?’ And I said, well, the number one thing we have not done well is college football.”
@RonDeSantis
📍Concord, NH
After covering ward 4 here in Concord for 12 hours today this is the only sign I see on the way out tonight.
Marianne Williamson and “Write-In Biden” yard signs were here when I arrived this morning.
📍Cedar Rapids, IA
@GovRonDeSantis
calls out Trump for ads airing in Iowa showing Gov. Reynolds supporting Trump in the past.
“When he's attacking her, that's for self-serving reasons, and that is wrong.”
📍Corydon, IA
During a sheriff ride along with
@RonDeSantis
he talked about veto power as governor.
“I vetoed a new prison, which it was going to be like a half a billion dollars. And I'm just like, no, I don't think we need to do that right now.”
📍Altoona, IA
Iowa voter on the cold weather expected caucus night:
Bill from Nevada, IA: “My mother is 92 years old and she's already told me that if it's snowing or ice, ‘you're going to come pick me up in your four wheel drive pickup.’ We will find a way to get there.”
An audience member helped Gov. Asa Hutchinson remember his record as governor:
Gov. Asa Hutchinson: “I signed a law that basically said we're gonna have a statewide standard and local jurisdictions. I can't even remember what it was they couldn't do.”
Audience member: “They
📍Hampton, NH
@RonDeSantis
“There will be no debate between now and the New Hampshire primary. And there probably won't be any more debates for the rest of the entire election in 2024.”
📍Grundy Center, IA
“Make no mistake, I want to win this election, but I want to do it through the front door by convincing the voters of this country that I'm best positioned to lead our movement to the next level, not by having the competition eliminated from the ballot.”
@SenatorTimScott
tonight with an attendee at his town hall in Marshalltown, IA.
During his gaggle Scott answered my question about his campaign strategy in Iowa versus the rest of the country and said:
“We are investing in Iowa. My time, my energy, my resources are here.”
@VivekGRamaswamy
first event of the day and commented on Trump CO ruling right off the bat.
An audience member yelled: “All those judges were Democrats.”
Vivek: “Of course they are. I mean, this is it. I could go on the whole hour about how this is unconstitutional assault.”
📍Grand Rapids, MI
Michigan GOP convention is officially underway here in Grand Rapids, MI. There are 13 districts. This is a view from the room where district two is meeting.
Today’s convention comes after a back-and-forth with former Chair Kristina Karamo, who a judge ruled
"I was shocked at how many people were willing to come given how much snow is on the ground. But I'm going to use every minute I can to be able to win votes."
@RonDeSantis
talks about his campaign event this morning in Ankeny, Iowa. There is a blizzard warning in the area.
I spoke with Charlotte- a pro-choice and Independent voter in South Carolina who is voting for
@NikkiHaley
because of the way Haley speaks about abortion.
"She's able to speak to this issue with a clear perspective and one that's respectful of the other side. And it makes me
“Delayed recall: I read some words to you earlier. Tell me as many of those words as you can remember.”
@NikkiHaley
team passes out a mental competency test at her first campaign event of the day. She asks if Biden and Trump can pass it.
📍Plymouth, NH
A truck appearing to taunt “Write-In Biden” volunteers has been circling this roundabout at least 15 times. His flag reads “Democrats suck”.
Menu items:
“Mom-aswamy’s spaghetti”
“Meatball Ron”
“Day one dic-tater”
“Sleepy Joe Shake”
A few of the daily specials at a restaurant in Des Moines, IA. Happy caucus season everyone.
📍Concord, NH
Just down the street from Team Trump’s event. Democrat and independent voters gather to show enthusiasm on the ground about writing in President Joe Biden’s name on the ballot in NH.
BREAKING:
@GovRonDeSantis
just announced first flight of Floridians trapped in Israel will return back to FL on Sunday
“I'm pleased to be able to report that we have confirmed our first flight to leave Israel and to bring home Floridians who are trapped over there.”
📍Cedar Rapids, IA
@RonDeSantis
at Tommy’s West Restaurant at his third of five campaign stops today in Iowa. He is joined by Rep. Chip Roy and Rep. Massie again at every stop today.
📍Myrtle Beach, S.C.
@NikkiHaley
goes after Trump and Biden with a mobile billboard that reads “Grumpy Old Men” and shows clips of them confused during recent public remarks. The billboard is near Trump’s event today in Myrtle Beach.
One Democrat voter in South Carolina says "Joe Biden is just too old, needs to just go take his wife and go take a nice walk on the beach and call it a career."
Dan says he didn't vote in the S.C. Democratic primary because he doesn't have "faith in the candidates that are
"South Carolina is her home state and it's going to look bad on her optic wise if she doesn't win her home state."
I asked Mary Jane from Charleston, S.C. if
@NikkiHaley
should move on after the primary in SC no matter the outcome:
Top issues voters ask GOP candidates on the campaign trail: border, economy, foreign affairs, school choice.
Here’s one voter today asking
@RonDeSantis
about “incentivizing good” in the country.
"I think she [Nikki Haley] could get very far being an independent"
One Democrat voter says
@NikkiHaley
would have "a very high success rate" if she ran as an independent/ third-party candidate.
Haley told
@Grady_Trimble
last night: "I have no interest in a third-party
📍Charleston, S.C.
First time seeing an EV car banned from using a parking garage.
Chevrolet Bolt EVs and EUVs are not allowed to use this large parking garage in Charleston due to a battery recall.