primary opponents are very closely watching this and that s where we begin today with grady trimble. he s at the iowa state fair in des moines where some key republicans have been putting out early feelers for 2024. grady, good afternoon. good afternoon, trace. might make your head spin thinking that far ahead when we have mid terms a couple months away. some of the iowa voters i have spoken to think it s too early for potential presidential candidates to stop by. but that s what we re already seeing. in fact, former vice president mike pence will be here this afternoon. officially he s here to stump for senator chuck grassley who is expected to win in november. his trip to the iowa state fair, a popular campaign stop, is fuelling speculation that he might be running in 2024. adding to that is the fact that he was in new hampshire earlier in the week. he s not the first possible candidate to visit either of those two states. senator ted cruz was here in iowa campaigning for
us online and those of us those of you here with us today. it s a pleasure to see everyone. my mom called me the other day and said i saw this letter to the editor and the paper. can you help me understand it and explain what s going on and this letter to the editor had words like interest convergence intersectionality names of academics from 40 years ago in it, and she wanted me to to help her. and i said mom have i got a book for you? but it wasn t just for the most important audience who is my mom. it was also for the high school students who i spoke to earlier today. one of whom listened to me talk and describe how america s founding ideals of freedom and opportunity are what make us uniquely american and what create an identity for us. and at the end of my remarks, he asked me a question and said, you know, you re just quoting martin luther king here and and you know, we ve heard that over and over again you don t need to to tell us that i said, no way might i thought ab
thank you everyone and good afternoon to all of you joining us online and those of us those of you here with us today. it s a pleasure to see everyone. my mom called me the other day and said i saw this letter to the editor and the paper. can you help me understand it and explain what s going on and this letter to the editor had words like interest convergence intersectionality names of academics from 40 years ago in it, and she wanted me to to help her. and i said mom have i got a book for you? but it wasn t just for the most important audience who is my mom. it was also for the high school students who i spoke to earlier today. one of whom listened to me talk and describe how america s founding ideals of freedom and opportunity are what make us uniquely american and what create an identity for us. and at the end of my remarks, he asked me a question and said, you know, you re just quoting martin luther king here and and you know, we ve heard that over and over again you don
help her. and i said, mom, have i got a book for you. [laughter] but it wasn t just for the most importante audience, who is my mom, it was also for the high school students who i spoke to earlier today, one of whom listened to me talk and describe how america s founding ideals of freedom and opportunity are what make us uniquely american and what create an identity for us. and at the end of my remarks, he asked me a question and said, you know, you re just quoting martin luther king here, and, you know, we ve heard that over ando over again. you don t need to tell us that. i thought about what i talked about, and i said, i didn t quote martin luther king, and he said, yeah, you did. and it didn t dawn on me until the rideow back here that i had said the founding ideals in our declaration of independence, life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, i don t know if he knew that that was in our founding documents. that s what this book is for. and then finally, the book is for
it, and she wanted me to to help her. and i said mom have i got a book for you? but it wasn t just for the most important audience who is my mom. it was also for the high school students who i spoke to earlier today. one of whom listened to me talk and describe how america s founding ideals of freedom and opportunity are what make us uniquely american and what create an identity for us. and at the end of my remarks, he asked me a question and said, you know, you re just quoting martin luther king here and and you know, we ve heard that over and over again you don t need to to tell us that i said, no way might i thought about what i talked about and i said no i didn t quote martin luther king and he said yeah you did. and it didn t dawn on me until the ride back here that i realized that i had said, you know the founding ideals in our declaration of independence that all men are created equal and down by their creator life liberty in the pursuit of happiness. i don t know if h