#iowa caucuses

[cleoselene]

Ron Desantis spent $200 million dollars to finish 3rd in Iowa roflcopter

bad news for me: he's still my fucking governor

[odinsblog]

Meet Ron DeSantis, the most unnatural, uncomfortable retail politician since the creation of the Jeb Bush robot

[tomorrowusa]

« Donald Trump is going to -- if he starts losing -- he's going to take everyone down with him. I mean psychologically that's what he's going to do. He's not going to want to -- he's never going to support somebody who beats him.

So, it's sort of a difficult situation for the Republicans. They have this man who needs to win at all costs basically to stay out of prison, and at the same time he's such a personality. He's a narcissistic sociopath, and he -- he is not going to let anyone else win without trying to destroy them. »

— Conservative anti-MAGA contributor to The Atlantic George Conway on CNN in conversation with Jim Acosta and David Gergen.

Trump has a Götterdämmerung aspect about him. If he can't win then he's going to take everything and everybody down with him.

Trump almost certainly won't lose the Iowa caucuses. But if his totals are below expectations, he will lash out at everybody imaginable.

[grits-galraisedinthesouth]

Ron always backs down because Ron does NOT like people. Today he's hiding out in an Iowa hotel convenience "store."

https://rumble.com/v46ophl-ron-desantis-loomered-in-iowa-florida-governor-runs-away-in-fear.html

https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/1745944405884690600?s=20

@LauraLoomer

Ron DeSantis just got LOOMERED at his hotel in Des Moines, Iowa, 3 days before the Iowa Caucus! I confronted DeSantis as he was walking into his hotel, and he hid from me inside the hotel convenience store and used his staffers, including @Kelly_Kundinger to physically block my body. His staff also shoved me and tugged on my clothing so that DeSantis could get away from me and run into an elevator. But, I didn’t back down!!!!! I asked DeSanctus if he plans on endorsing President Trump when DeSantis loses the Iowa Caucus on Monday, January 15, 2024. I asked him why he is an ABSENTEE GOVERNOR who unethically changed the law in Florida so he could run for President on taxpayer dime and keep his Gubernatorial salary while he abandoned Floridians during multiple storms and an insurance crisis. I asked him why he is ALWAYS backing down even though his PAC is named @NvrBackDown24 I also asked DeSantis when he’s going to drop out of the 2024 Presidential race since he’s polling at 14% in Iowa, and 5% in New Hampshire. RON DESANTIS RAN AWAY FROM ME AND HE WAS PETRIFIED TO SEE ME! And of course, I called @GovRonDeSantis out for being DISLOYAL to the one man he owes his entire political career to: PRESIDENT DONALD J TRUMP! DeSanctimonious’s soul literally left his cowardly body when he saw me. It’s over Ron! You just got LOOMERED! #LOOMERED #IowaCaucus

[trendynewsnow]

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[nebraskaenergy]

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[filosofablogger]

Back With More 'Toons!

Well, friends, my stash of cartoons is overflowing once again, so it’s time to share some of the fun.  I am, as always, envious of the talent of the cartoonists like Clay Jones, Mike Luckovich, Clay Bennett, Darrin Bell, Ann Telnaes and others to sum up a situation with a simple drawing!

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[aspiringbelle]

For all those of my followers going to the Iowa caucuses:

Bundle up. Stay warm.

Be nice to your fellow caucus goers, but be firm.

Stand for the candidate(s) who stand with Gaza and for peace.

[cleoselene]

of all the stupid undemocratic things we do to elect presidents in the United States, I think the Iowa Caucuses might be the worst of them all?

I mean you get like 4% turnout or some shit, you have to spend literal hours doing it, you don't get a secret ballot, you spend hours getting brow-beaten into changing your vote

like it's honestly embarrassing as shit, caucuses should be completely eliminated, but none of them is worse than Iowa because of their fucked up rules

[odinsblog]

Pranking sanctimonious politicians has gotta be one of my favorite things ever

[tomorrowusa]

Donald Trump has never had a high regard for the health or even the lives of his supporters. We recall how he told them to take quack medicines during the pandemic emergency and retweeted anti-mask conspiracy freaks after he horrifically mismanaged the early response to COVID-19 in the US.

To Trump, nothing counts except Trump. His supporters are just disposable pawns in his political, legal, and business struggles.

He demonstrated this again by telling Iowa caucus goers that it's okay if they die — as long as they caucus for him first.

Donald Trump urged voters to get out to the Iowa caucuses even if they are “sick as a dog” in a defiant rally on the eve of his first major election test. The former president said that even if people “passed away” shortly after voting it would be “worth it”, and once again launched attacks on the New York judge who had denied him a delay in his civil trial so that he could attend his mother-in-law’s funeral. His remarks came during an in-person rally in Indianola on Sunday afternoon. Mr Trump was previously forced to swap out other planned events in Iowa with tele-rallies due to severe bad weather conditions in the state. “You can’t stay at home,” he told those gathered. “[Even} if you’re sick as a dog and you say ‘darling I can’t make it…’ “Even if you vote and then pass away it’s worth it.”

It wouldn't be surprising if somebody DID die because they were sick and were told by Trump to caucus for him in sub-zero weather. In Des Moines, not the coldest city in the state, the temperature at 7 PM CST is predicted by the NWS to be -7°F/-22°C. It may be even colder when people are returning home from caucus locations. If you're not in good health, you shouldn't be outside in such conditions.

Despite being a lying gluttonous adulterer who hasn't been to church in decades except for weddings, funerals, and political events, Trump is treated as a god by many nominal Christian fundamentalists. Trump is their Baal.

The only way to counter such irrational fanatics is to outorganize and outvote them. Despite their willingness to die for Trump, they are still a minority. If we remain focused, determined, and (most of all) united, we will fend off the threat to democracy in 2024.

[sohaibsmart]

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[headlinehorizon]

DeSantis Gains Momentum in Iowa: Latest News from the Campaign Trail

Explore the evolving dynamics of Governor Ron DeSantis's campaign in Iowa. Discover why residents in Iowa and Florida have contrasting reasons for supporting DeSantis as he seeks the Republican nomination in the upcoming caucuses.

[nebraskaenergy]

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