snyder and strategy group co-ceo and vivek ramaswamy surrogate, ben yoho. you guys have been there many times before, that iowa state fair is really the kickoff of the political season. i ve seen the butter cow many times, i ve eaten pork chops on a stick. now you have all the candidates out there. but one thing that stood out to me was that the former president, trump, not meeting with governor reynolds, not doing that fair-side chat that both vivek and desantis have done earlier today. some just hours ago. you had one of the leaders in the iowa, bob vander platts, he s a kingmaker out there, talking about, you know, despite how far ahead donald trump may be, there may be an opening for one of the other candidates like desantis or ramaswamy. here is a little bit, listener
to the iowa state fair, you pay homage to the butter cow, you eat pork chop on a stick and you get to see the candidates. i vivek ramaswamy was about to be introduced with the governor, and they were playing the eminem song, and then this happened. watch. the goes so loud. he opens his mouth but the words won t come out he s choking, how, everybody s joking now the claps come out, time s up, snap back to reality griff: so they got to see that, that is not a career politician as vivek s surrogate, ben yoho, pointed out in the last hour. is that good? does that help, marc, or would you want your candidate to steer very clear of that? i think back in the old days that would be considered a bad thing, but i think now people want to see the candidates more as being real people. i ll even go back to bill clinton playing the saxophone. it s just a real moment that a says, no, you re not just this person who appears on television behind a podium, you re actually real. and so it takes
checking out the butter cow talked with governor kent reynolds hoping to boost their places in the polls. our alexis mcadams is at the fairgrounds now. also how they trump supporters chant governor desantis quite a scene today. hey eric that is right the trump campaign the desantis campaign did not run into each other out here what they were walking on the state fair grounds i run into both of them had some time to talk one-on-one governor desantis which will get to in a minute we also checked on former president donald trump asking him how he is feeling will he is here and i would. or going to strip the fox news debate? take a listen. has a going in iowa? we love iowa. you are pretty popular in iowa? i guess so this is the biggest crowd they ve ever had they say. i love them and they love me that s a good combination. the debate in milwaukee? it is a good question. [laughter] quick so to be continued their
motivated? right, it s funny. the republicans initially called for david weiss to be named special counsel. they agitated for this and a number of letters. they wanted a special counsel here. now merrick garland has named the special counsel. most of them have reacted with outrage, saying the fix is in, it s a cover-up. there are some more private. i have talked to a lot of republicans over the last few days who think that in some ways it helps them politically. who knows where a special counsel investigation may go. if it keeps hunter biden in the news and in court, they think that s good for them politically. publicly, most of them are decrying david weiss as some sort of whitewashing effort on behalf of the biden administration. decrying officially agitated. for joyce and luke, as, always thank you both. you are sticking with. may still to come, from the butter cow to fried everything. the iowa state fair could serve a hefty reality check for the
i understand you re there with more than a dozen people at a friend s house, and it s going to take a long time to rebuild. we wish you the absolute best, and we ll check back in. cole, thank you so much. yeah, thank you guys for having me. what a shining example of stepping up to the moment. he s collecting money not for himself but for others, for the organization trying to help. anyone who wants to help can. the special counsel investigating former president trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election composing a trial date of january 2nd, 2024, two weeks before the iowa caucuses, how trump is responding. and speaking of iowa, the republican presidential hopefuls are there at the iowa state fair, flipping pork chops and paying homage to a butter cow. we ll go there live plus, we ll tell you which candidate just made that debatete stage. (tablet beeping) hi. hey. are you ready for your virirtual tour? yeah, i d love to see it. (upbeat music continues)