{"id":576683,"date":"2023-05-31T00:00:10","date_gmt":"2023-05-30T21:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/desantis-bets-big-on-iowa-in-first-2024-campaign-swing\/"},"modified":"2023-05-31T00:00:10","modified_gmt":"2023-05-30T21:00:10","slug":"desantis-bets-big-on-iowa-in-first-2024-campaign-swing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/desantis-bets-big-on-iowa-in-first-2024-campaign-swing\/","title":{"rendered":"#DeSantis bets big on Iowa in first 2024 campaign swing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/05\/DeSantisNunez_2018_GettyImages-1046707092-e1684950132749.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is eyeing a critical opportunity to counter former President Donald Trump in Iowa as he sets off on his 2024 White House campaign.<\/p>\n<p>Even as Trump has taken an early lead in national polls, Republicans see an opening for DeSantis in the storied, first-in-the-nation caucus state, a traditional proving ground for White House hopefuls that can help lend their campaigns an early jolt of momentum.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>He has already racked up a long list of endorsements from prominent Iowa Republicans, a super PAC supporting his campaign has launched an extensive voter contact and organizing operation there, and he began his 2024 campaign tour in West Des Moines on Tuesday evening.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of openness with Republican caucus-goers in Iowa,\u201d an adviser to the group told The Hill last week. \u201cYou don\u2019t have to take my word for it, you just have to go on the ground and see it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Even before his campaign launch last week, Never Back Down, the main super PAC backing DeSantis\u2019s presidential bid, rounded up endorsements from dozens of Iowa state legislators and helped organize a crowd to attend an impromptu <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>earance by DeSantis in Des Moines.<\/p>\n<p>The group has also hired a team of 10 staffers and nearly 200 canvassers in Iowa to begin reaching out to caucus-goers, and has already knocked on more than 50,000 doors in the state, according to a spokesperson. The super PAC\u2019s canvassers are being trained out of an office in West Des Moines.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis himself has been direct about the critical role he sees the Hawkeye State playing in his 2024 presidential campaign. In an interview on \u201cFox &amp; Friends\u201d on Monday, the governor insisted that he is \u201ccompeting everywhere,\u201d but acknowledged that \u201cIowa is very important\u201d and would serve as an early stage for him to sharpen his contrast with Trump.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey had mentioned there may be some differences with me and Donald Trump, and I think that those differences redound to my benefit in a place like Iowa,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cI mean, for example, you know, he\u2019s taken the side of Disney in our fight down here in Florida. I\u2019m standing for parents. I\u2019m standing for children. And I think a multibillion-dollar company that sexualizes children is not consistent with the values of Florida or the values of a place like Iowa.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis\u2019s supporters also said that the governor\u2019s signing of a six-week abortion ban in his home state last month could help him bolster his credentials in Iowa, where the state Supreme Court is considering whether a \u201cfetal heartbeat\u201d law approved by legislators in 2018 should be allowed to take effect.<\/p>\n<p>In contrast, Trump came under fire from some Republicans after he suggested that new abortion restrictions had weighed down the GOP in the 2022 midterm elections and declined to say whether he would support a federal abortion ban if he wins back the White House next year.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Iowa is only the first stop in DeSantis\u2019s debut campaign swing. He\u2019ll <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/trip-and-travel\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"10\" title=\"Trip &amp; Travel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">travel<\/a> to New Hampshire on Thursday and South Carolina on Friday, before returning to Iowa over the weekend to attend Sen. Joni Ernst\u2019s (R-Iowa) annual \u201cRoast and Ride\u201d fundraiser alongside a handful of other 2024 hopefuls, including former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley, Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy.<\/p>\n<p>Trump hasn\u2019t yet said whether he will attend the event in Des Moines, but he\u2019s slated to travel to Iowa on Wednesday and Thursday, when he\u2019ll participate in a Fox <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a> town hall.<\/p>\n<p>The former president was scheduled to hold a rally in Iowa earlier this month but scrapped the event amid concerns of severe weather. He\u2019s only been to the state once since announcing his 2024 campaign in November, holding a rally in Davenport in March.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Ford O\u2019Connell, a Republican strategist, said that DeSantis already appears to be out-organizing Trump in Iowa, pointing to Never Back Down\u2019s early work in the state and the high premium that DeSantis\u2019s team has placed on the caucuses.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>And while the caucuses are still roughly eight months away, a strong showing in Iowa could be a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a> changer for DeSantis, who\u2019s still trailing Trump in Iowa and elsewhere by double-digit margins, according to most recent polls.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe has to change the narrative, and the best way he can change that narrative is by winning Iowa,\u201d O\u2019Connell said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr5_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>And there are signs that DeSantis is heading into Iowa with some momentum. Thirty-seven Iowa state legislators have already thrown their support behind his bid. What\u2019s more, his campaign is also riding high from a massive fundraising windfall; he raised more than $8 million in the first 24 hours after his 2024 announcement last week.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGovernor DeSantis has the strongest Iowa endorsement list in modern caucus history, and we look forward to building on that momentum this week by taking his message all across the state,\u201d a senior DeSantis campaign official said.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, the Iowa caucuses aren\u2019t necessarily the be-all and end-all of the nominating contest. The winners of the last three Republican caucuses in which an incumbent wasn\u2019t running went on to lose the GOP\u2019s nomination. Trump notably finished second to Sen. Ted\u00a0Cruz (R-Texas) in the 2016 Iowa caucuses.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr6_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>That doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s not a valuable prize, O\u2019Connell said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou capture a state and then they show your name for a week,\u201d O\u2019Connell said. \u201cIt can be like capturing lightning in a bottle.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Copyright 2023 Nexstar <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Media<\/a> Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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