The 2024 GOP primary smackdown between former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis begins this week in Iowa.
The 2024 GOP primary smackdown between former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis begins this week in Iowa, where pro-life, grassroots conservative voters offer Mr. DeSantis an opportunity to take a significant bite out of Mr. Trump’s hefty polling lead.
While Mr. DeSantis has barely begun to hit back at Mr. Trump’s regular attacks, things could get much uglier in Iowa, where he poses the greatest threat to the former president so far among a growing field of GOP candidates. Among non-Trump GOP candidates, Mr. DeSantis is by far the leader. He earns double-digit support in every poll, compared to support in the low single digits for other non-Trump Republican competitors, such as former U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley and Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina.
Bob Vander Plaats, who heads Iowa’s The Family Leader, a Christian group, said the Iowa Caucus was “flung wide open” by Mr. Trump’s views on abortion, including his refusal during a recent CNN town hall to back a national ban on the procedure. Moments after Mr. DeSantis launched his campaign on Wednesday, Mr. Trump blasted him for co-sponsoring a bill during his time in Congress that would have ended the renewable fuel standard, which requires blending ethanol, much of it derived from Iowa corn, into the nation’s fuel supply.
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