Some of former President Trump’s top Republican rivals for 2024 election try to gain ground at gathering of Iowa evangelical Christians that Trump skipped.
Lots of Americans hate a Biden-Trump rematch. There’s a lot of magical thinking about how one might be avoided. But the alternatives are increasingly unlikely.The event featured many devout and well-connected social conservatives who could play a decisive role in Iowa’s first-in-the-nation Republican caucuses in January. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz used strong appeals to evangelical Republicans to win the GOP’s 2016 caucuses.
South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, a longtime bachelor, was asked about reports that he has a girlfriend who hasn’t been publicly identified. On Saturday, he called her a “lovely Christian girl” and asked the crowd, “Can we just pray together for me?” Candidates discussing their personal faith has been a hallmark of successful Iowa caucus candidates for decades — including George W. Bush who in 1999 famously said, when asked to identify his favorite political philosopher, named Jesus Christ “because he changed my heart.”
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