Afghanistan, Iraq vets dump on Donald Trump after IED talk in Iowa

“We have on the Republican side more candidates than we’ve ever had, and… you have the Donald Trump factor”.

“You want to know what scares the Washington cartel”, Cruz asked.

The billionaire businessman also blasted several of his GOP rivals, namely former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, and knocked his low poll numbers, big campaign spending and demeanor.

“I’m not going to talk about polls today, because frankly the polls today, today we have our ultimate poll, so I don’t have to talk about polls, ” said Republican front-runner Donald Trump at a rally in Waterloo Iowa Monday morning.

Most notable was the caution he used when addressing the forthcoming New Hampshire primary, where he said he “thinks” and “hopes” he will secure a victory there.

“As Trump was leaving, one of the church pastors put his hand on Trump’s shoulder and offered a prayer, ‘That Jesus would guide his decisions and that only Christ could guide his decisions, ‘ the pastor later said”.

“I respect very much the fact you are considering other people who are running, I do”, said Rubio.

“It is nearly impossible for me to believe that Iowans – Iowans – are going to give Donald Trump the Iowa caucus”, continued Christie. But Cruz said: “What scares them is the old Reagan coalition is coming back together, of conservatives”. Ted Cruz’s base in the state.

“I really appreciate the support given to me by Evangelicals”.

But according to a report from the Associated Press, Donald Trump doesn’t know his ass from his elbow once he gets inside a church. He says if you can’t do that, don’t speak.

Trump’s campaign swing with Falwell, which spanned three cities over Saturday and Sunday, also came a day after Trump posted a message to social media thanking evangelical Christians for their support.

“I can’t imagine that man as president of the United States”, responded Swanson, referring to Trump, “with all the outrageous things that he come up with”. And his enthusiastic fans are being led to caucus by an Iowa political operative who is considered a mastermind in grass-roots politics.

For the Democrats, Bernie Sanders has continued to close the gap on Hillary Clinton, who held a large rally at a Des Moines public school Sunday night.

WATERLOO, Iowa- After a marathon prelude to voting that scrambled expectations and winnowed the presidential field, Iowa will have the first say Monday in the nominating contests in both parties.

WHAT’S NEXT: Trump campaigns Monday in Waterloo and Cedar Rapids.

While Kennedy supported Trump, Justin Liddick, 26, said making sure Trump doesn’t sit in the Oval Office was the reason he participated in the Iowa Caucus for the first time.

He added: “I do have, actually, much more humility than a lot of people would think”.

At one Des Moines precinct, the Democratic race in the Iowa caucus was called by a heads-or-tails moment. “I think he does a good job at it and it’s very good for millennials. I want to win”.