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Clinton gets key endorsement from former Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin

Despite Trump’s previous public announcement, his campaign expressed safety concerns about the event becoming so well attended that landing the aircraft could be a challenge.

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But the night was marked by Clinton’s forceful defense.

“My wife’s family just celebrated their 50th anniversary of coming to show”, says Franck.

“I don’t care how many super PACs and Republicans pile on”.

As a kid, I never could have imagined all the opportunities I would have in my life. She said that if they are uncomfortable they will let you know. “Those messages disappear all by themselves”.

“What do you call it when you have nine governors, five senators, two incredibly talented businesspeople, and one world-famous surgeon running for the Republican nomination?”

It is rumored that Donald Trump will show up to the fair in his helicopter. The country, she said, shouldn’t be distracted. “Yes, Mr. Trump says outrageous and hateful things about immigrants but how numerous other candidates disagree with him?” Clinton came in third in the Iowa caucus that year. Brighton said her “whole body felt on fire” while listening to Clinton defend herself.

Huckabee said that if a 1,700-mile road could be built in less than a year between British Columbia and Alaska 73 years ago, a wall can be built to keep illegal immigrants from entering the U.S. along its southern border.

The crowd had crammed into the Surf Ballroom, which became a rock and roll landmark on “The Day the Music Died” – when, after a 1959 performance there, musicians Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and J.P. “The Big Bopper” Richardson were killed in a plane crash.

The event also included speeches from Democratic presidential rivals Bernie Sanders, Martin O’Malley and Lincoln Chafee.

“In tougher times than these, Franklin Roosevelt told us not to be afraid. I hope we don’t get to that level”, said John Neiderbach, an Iowa Democrat.

Iowa’s a natural choice for candidates, as the first caucuses occur in the state.

Former Virginia Senator Jim Webb served in the Marines Corps during the Viet Nam War and he was Secretary of the Nave during the Reagan administration.

“I have had the privilege of knowing Hillary Clinton for a long time”, Harkin writes in his endorsement of his former Senate colleague.

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With Hillary Clinton struggling under her private email server scandal and now lagging in the polls, CNN at the Iowa State Fair Friday found many Democrats unsure whether they will support the frontrunner.

Harkin endorses Clinton for president