i m not a ruler of the people i m a servant of the people. i come from the people. my job s to serve you. god rules over us. i don t rule over you. these issues here of education i don t think have ever been as significant as they are now in our country partly io because thn e education system o lost its way, not just k-12 but also higher education. i think iowans believe this is an important process and the people s voice is ultimately what matters. so you have that power in your hands, you have the ability to bring people into this process in ways that will be meaningful and historic. we are doing what it takes tn win here in iowa and it also helps that i m the candidate that s most in tuned with the of values of the people of iowa, that i have a record that backs that w up. so now s the time. we did the 99, now we caucus night to victory. god bless. o de [cheers and applause]. to des moines iowa good evening from prosecute center tonight the special of l town ha
because look at it. trump gets elected, half the country is still going to be divided. and hopefully we don t you know, they don t go to any extreme. bret: speaking of divided you do have a question for governor. i do have one. but i believe ron can unite the country. we have to have somebody that we can all stand behind, republican or democrat. bret: okay, sir. and he s guy that can do it. bret: what s your question. gov. desantis: thank you. well, my question ron is. gov. desantis: i can snip it what you just said package that and run that as an ad in iowa the next few days because i appreciate that. it took 48 years for us to overturn in that battle. and then now that we get it done, the republicans are running dry. they re hiding from it. i mean, why don t we own it?
is not biden. bret: scott is a settlement broker from west des moines he is leaning toward caucusing for you governor. is that right. yes. bret: what s your question for governor desantis. gov desantis thanks for coming out today and you have earned my vote monday. thank you. the left has weaponized the fbi, do j and irs against their political enemies including president trump. when you re president will there be a reckoning for this abuse of power. scott thank you for the question. that s an easy answer. yes. and we re going to do it on day one, we re going to be ready to go. because here s the thing. those agencies have become weaponized. you look at what they ve done i mean, i first saw it when i first ran for congress, i had groups in my districts where the irs was targeting those conservative groups back there in 2012. and it s like a small nonprofit just talking about the constitution under obama they did it. no one was held accountable for
millions of immigrants let across the country, into country in the past three years, will you go about trying to find and deport them and how will you go about that? how are you going to find that many people and deport them? . well, denise, i think that that s a great question and thanks for coming tonight. yes, you have to. there s a variety of different tools that you have. some folks, you actually have information on. other folks that are newly arrived, they may still be close to the border. you ve got to dedicate resources. the other thing though you have to do is you have to look at states and localities in this country that are frustrating our ability to enforce immigration laws. i m not going to allow sanctuary cities in this country or sanctuary states. you look at a place like california, it s a sanctuary state, they don t enforce the law, they issue driver s licenses to illegal aliens they re incentivizing people to come illegally then guess what they will tax you to pay hea
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