Are getting this race wrong. Is he confident in his ground game. He thinks its going it turn people out. He thinks he has the infrastructure to be able to turn people out in huge numbers in these subzero temperatures. Keep in mind the work that he has done here in the state of iowa over these last six months or so. He visited all of iowas 99 counties. He got the endorsement of iowas popular republican governor kim reynolds, his Super Pac says they have knocked on nearly A Million doors in this State And Campaign says they have got about 1700 Precinct Captains going to go out there Tonight And Help turn people out to make sure they caucus in this cold weather. He feels when the dust settles its eventually going to be a Twoman Race between him and donald trump. He says Nikki Haley just isnt conservative enough to win the g. O. P. Primary. As for trump, he says trumps too focused on himself with his personal vendettas and his concerns about loyalty with people he knows. And that he didnt
Lets get right to rachel scott. Ron desantis has staked so much of his campaign on iowa. A big test for Nikki Haley. Shes within single digits. We mentioned Donald Trump in New Hampshire but she has to perform in iowa first. Then theres Donald Trump going in nearly the 30 points ahead. It is really his to lose tonight. Reporter yes, and Donald Trump lost the state back in 2016. Back then he had no operation here on the ground. This time a totally different story. The Trump Campaign has built up a robust operation. The former president even making personal Phone Call to supporters today. The former president hoping for a decisive victory to send a message to his rivals that this his nomination for taking it. Lets get right to Nikki Haleys headquarters. All eyes on the race for second between Nikki Haley, ron desantis, and whether haley can really capitalize on any recent momentum. Reporter yeah, david, Nikki Haley expects to have a strong showing telling me she thinks it will be a Twoma
The other side of it is we cant lose in november. Haley will make her final pitch in person at two different caucus Sites Tonight in and out of des moines. Now i will send it to my Friend Bill Melugin who is at team desantis headquarters. Bill hey, aishah, Governor Desantis says is he counting on his Ground Game to come through tonight. He points out to us that he has visited all of iowas 99 counties. He has earned the endorsement of the state wants highly popular republican governor kim reynolds. He said his super pac, never back down, has now knocked on 970,000 doors here in the hawkeye state. He said look, when the dust settles, he think this is essentially a Twoman Race between him and Donald Trump. He says Nikki Haley is simply not conservative enough to win a g. O. P. Primary. As for trump, he says the only things that Donald Trump cares about are loyalty and personal vendettas. He says the g. O. P. Has to choose a candidate, a nominee who can serve 8 years, not just four. And he
Criticism of donald trump. He is much more media friendly than he was in the beginning when he was that Heir Apparent to donald trump. He also started this underdog pitch. He also reemerged, this thing that he was saying in the early part of the campaign is that it is a Twoman Race between me and donald trump. It is clear that is not a thing any longer. I heard him say this to dana, he took a very traditional route to becoming the nominee and iowa. He courted evangelicals, he has a lot of Ted Cruz people on his team, or did. The difference is, evangelicals really like trump, particularly in iowa. Whether that model will be broken tonight, that is one thing i will watch. That could serve Ron Desantis well if temperatures keep people home. If turnout is