‘If we can win Iowa, we can run the table’
Palin confirmed Tuesday in an Iowa campaign event that she has thrown her support behind GOP front-runner Donald Trump, saying that she is “proud to endorse” Trump.
The former Alaska governor, who endorsed Trump Tuesday, also suggested that President Obama deserved some of the blame for the psychological condition of veterans.
“An investigation revealed Track Palin had committed a domestic violence assault on a female, interfered with her ability to report a crime of domestic violence and possessed a firearm while intoxicated”, the statement said.
Don’t count on a Donald Trump / Sarah Palin 2016 ticket – but don’t rule it out, either.
While the endorsement might seem like a ridiculous move considering the circus show that is Trump’s campaign, Palin still has a strong connection with the hard conservative base within the GOP. Indeed, the case could be made that while the G.O.P. establishment fears Trump as the nominee could destroy the party’s efforts to diversify its appeal, and potentially drive anti-Trump voters to the polls, the establishment simply has a blind hatred for Cruz. Ted Cruz in Iowa.
Because Trump and Palin care for “style over … substance”, Harrington said, the ideological differences between the two are not irreconcilable. “And it makes me realize more than ever it is now or never for the sake of Americas finest that we have that commander in chief that will respect them and honor them”.
“Regardless of what she does in 2016”, he tweeted, “I will always be a big fan”.
Earlier today, Trump received an endorsement from the daughter of movie star John Wayne.
While Kappler headed to the scene, Track Palin called 911 to say his girlfriend was drunk, according to police.
She resigned as governor the following year but has remained in the public spotlight on the lecture circuit and as a conservative political commentator.
Trump said Tuesday he expects the Palin endorsement will win him votes.
“I don’t think it’s going to be a detriment, but I don’t think it’s going to be a huge asset”, said Stephen Freese, 56, of Burlington, Iowa, who works in construction.
“Sarah came in yesterday, and she was so popular and so great, and told me she just saw what was happening and she said, ‘you’ve got a movement going on, this is not a normal situation, ‘” Trump said at the rally, where Palin was not present. “We’re nearly at the finish line”, Trump said Wednesday.
Standing in front of a life-size, rifle-toting model of the actor in full cowboy gear, Trump accepted the endorsement of Aissa Wayne at the John Wayne Birthplace Museum in Winterset, Iowa.