i was at the game this, year and you have a tough one and have a lot of florida high school players and of course the governor here is an iowa state gratz. i didn t hear anything about iowa state. mice you in iowa have this machine shed restaurant. my wife and i, we do it cracker barrel with the kids. and i was like, we ve got to try machines. my son is five years old, he s like a sports nut. he got a checkered board model after the iowa state football field. so he now loves iowa state, because he has that checkerboard. and then he also, he also has gotten to see the iowa stadium. if we were actually watching the iowa game, with some supporters over the weekend. and so they got him a nice i wish, or he s got iowa socks and everything. i was on the campaign trail
with him the morning of the iowa michigan big ten game. and i didn t rehearse this with him, he came up on the stage with me, i have the microphone and i said hey buddy, who s going to win iowa versus michigan? and i m moving the mic down to him, and i think myself oh my gosh, this kid says michigan, he s going to get booed here in my eilat five years old. he was so clutch he s, like iowa, and now to get to your question. rural communities are part of the backbone of america, and i ve been able to see that firsthand traveling to all 99 counties in iowa. i ve also been able to see it in my home state of florida. i mean, some people that are from florida, you think south beach, or you think attractions in orlando, or you think if you are in the midwest, a lot of these places. great areas, but you know we have a lot of rural counties in
significantly in polls. i know you dismiss some of those post and site you will see what happens on the 15th. you just referenced what you believe trump it s running on, using his own issues. you said before, you don t think it is i m candidate he was in 2016. what should voters in iowa know about what you think a second trump presidency, a second trump term would look like if they do pay cam over you? here, look. we saw what happened in the midterms in 2022. remember, they said this was gonna be a red wave. you had a right wife and iowa and florida because governor reynolds lead and because i lead. we won historic victories. the rest of the republicans in the senate, house crashed and burned. donald trump s handpicked candidates lost because the democrats have a playbook they can run. it was effective in 2018, it was effective in 2020, 2021, 2022, even this year in 2023. so don t repeat that.
with this great offer. plus, ask how to get up to $1000 prepaid card with qualifying internet. [applause] good evening, and welcome to iowa. or i contest of the 2024 presidential race is now just 11 days away. we are live in grandview intercity for a special night of back-to-back cnn town halls. i m caitlin collins and tonight two of the leading republican candidates are here. florida governor ron desantis and former south carolina governor and former u. n. ambassador nikki haley. they ll take questions from
that train service dogs to be able to help veterans who have symptoms of post matt extracts. you know, the suicide rate goes down. maybe it s something as simple as somebody that lives in the neighborhood, that is part of this portal and they say that this veteran is having a tough time. maybe they just go to his home, and say you know what, i just want to see if you re okay. can i take you out to lunch? that could be something, just the fact that you showed you care, that can be enough to avoid a suicide right there. but the bureaucracy is not going to save us, we need to use the va as a conduit for all of these other great resources. because in every part of iowa, and in every part of florida, and i think most parts of this united states, people value the service of these veterans, and they want to help. we ve just got to link the veterans to all the services that can be utilized, and all the resources that are out there. [applause] governor, we ve got another voter question for yo