Donald Trump Turns On Vivek Ramaswamy In Truth Social Tirades
Former President Donald Trump has lashed out at fellow Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy ahead of Monday’s Iowa caucuses.
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Icy battle for democracy in Iowa with Trump expected to win caucuses in an avalanche
A cold coming we had of it. Icy winds blow across the plains, numbing the face and cutting to the bone. Stranded cars and tractor trailers lie abandoned at the side of highways. Snow is piled high on the side of every road in the state capital, where giant icicles hang off buildings. Candidates’ yard signs and children’s playgrounds have been enveloped by a white blanket.
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How Trump, DeSantis and Haley’s Teams Are Thinking About Turnout in Iowa
Nikki Haley’s team predicts Iowans will brave brutal weather to caucus for her. Aides to Ron DeSantis say the subzero temperatures give their candidate an edge because he has the biggest team knocking on doors. And the Trump team says they don’t worry about the cold — former President Donald J. Trump’s supporters will “walk through glass” to caucus for him.
This Again? In Frozen Iowa, the Press Corps Ponders a Slog of a Campaign.
Maybe it was the apocalyptically cold weather, with wind chills reaching minus 43 Fahrenheit. Or the winnowed field of candidates and an anxiety-addled electorate that is dreading the prospect of the first rerun election since the Dwight Eisenhower and Adlai Stevenson rematch of 1956.
Iowa caucus 2024 live updates: Latest news on today’s vote
The latest news and updates on the Iowa caucuses:Iowa Republicans will caucus today at 7 p.m. CT, officially kicking off the party's presidential nominating process.Former President Donald Trump holds a clear polling lead, with the final NBC News/Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa poll showing him with the support of 48% of likely GOP caucusgoers. He's followed by former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley with 20%, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis with 16% and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy with 8%. The campaigns and their supporters will battle subzero temperatures this evening. The National Weather Service is forecasting life-threatening cold conditions across Iowa, with wind chill values dropping as low as minus 35 degrees Fahrenheit.How the frigid weather affects turnout and what Trump's margin of likely victory will be are among the storylines to watch tonight.Republicans select their candidate by a simple secret-ballot vote, unlike the Democratic shuffling from one corner of a caucus site to the other. Here's how tonight's caucuses will work.
Trump keeps lead as Iowa Republicans prepare for caucuses in brutal cold
Iowa Republicans will brave brutally cold temperatures on Monday evening to participate in the state’s presidential caucuses, as Donald Trump remains the clear frontrunner in the race for his party’s nomination.