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Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images, FILE(DES MOINES, Iowa) Grilling pork chops, chowing down on corn dogs, visiting the famous "Butter Cow" dairy sculpture: these festivities and more await the 2024 presidential candidates starting Thursday at the Iowa State Fair.
The fair, an annual celebration of Iowa s agriculture industry, is a rite of passage for presidential candidates looking to mingle with early-state voters. And with so many unscripted interactions, and a selection of unique foods, it also presents landmines for White House hopefuls.
In 2011, Democrats seized on then-candidate Mitt Romney s offhand response to a heckler that "corporations are people, my friend" to paint him as out-of-touch for the rest of the campaign.
Former candidates Michelle Bachmann, Bernie Sanders and Rick Perry have all struggled to eat the Iowa State Fair s famous corn dogs with dignity in front of the cameras.
While running for president in 2004, John Kerry made the faux pas of o
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