During a rally in Sioux Center, Iowa, Trump told the assembled crowd, “My people are so smart”.
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It’s an open question as to how much endorsements from conservative personalities like Palin and Beck can help a candidate, but they do help Cruz and Trump create more buzz in the critical final weeks leading up to the Iowa caucuses. He warned that a Trump victory in the February 1 caucuses could have lasting consequences: “If Donald Trump wins, it’s going to be a snowball to hell”. Ted Cruz, who is in a tight race for the country’s leadoff nominating contest here in nine days.
“I could stand in the middle of 5th Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn’t lose voters”, Trump said at a campaign rally here.
Trump has been a hard target for criticism from his rivals because not all of his supporters are conservatives and many are most interested in his projection of strength, not where he stands on a particular issue. Ted Cruz has recently caught up in the polls in Iowa, where they’re now neck-and-neck in a battle for first place.
“We need a new George Washington”, Beck said. In response, Trump has called for fewer gun restrictions and a harder stance on terrorism. Alex Conant, speaking for Marco Rubio’s campaign, was quick to note, however, that Grassley will introduce Rubio at an Iowa rally in a week.
Glenn Beck announced his pick for president on Saturday.
A source said part of Bloomberg’s concern was the problems that Clinton is having in defeating Sanders.
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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during the Outdoor Channel and Sportsman Channel’s 16th annual Outdoor Sportsman Awards at The Venetian Las Vegas during the 2016 National Shooting Sports Foundation’s Shooting, Hunting, Outdoor Trade (SHOT) Show on January 21, 2016 in Las Vegas, Nevada. He has been accused of sexism after his vituperative attack on Megyn Kelly, the Fox TV news host who aroused his ire with tough questioning during a Republican presidential debate. It is not a sign of strength when you insult Hispanics. “It is not. It is a sign of deep insecurity and weakness”, Bush said.
