Even cheating spouse shouldn’t stop Iowa caucus-goers
According to the poll, Ted Cruz stands at 16%, former neurosurgeon Ben Carson at 14% and Florida Sen. All other candidates have the support of less than 5% of GOP voters in the race for the Republican Party’s nomination for president. “I don’t know if sand can glow in the dark, but we’re going to find out”.
The Zionist Organization of America (ZOA) has expressed concern that at the Republican Jewish Coalition candidates’ forum on Thursday, when asked if he acknowledged Jerusalem as the undivided Capital of Israel, Republican presidential candidate frontrunner Donald Trump stated that he will wait until after his upcoming visit to Israel before answering. Many of Trump’s supporters have not voted in previous presidential contests, and a hoarse Trump said a strong showing was essential for his campaign – and turning out is everything.
“If you are going to kill 15 people, do you think a control law is going to stop you?” said Rand Paul.
He told the crowd that even if the night before the caucuses, someone had caught their spouse cheating – well, they still needed to show up for the sake of Trump’s candidacy.
Trump’s gain has come at a loss for the likes of Carson, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and Kentucky Sen.
“This is a marathon, it’s not a sprint”, Carson said.
In a further appeal to the potential room of caucus-goers, Trump lauded their first in the nation status, calling it “sacred” and promising that their voting slot will not change if they elect him. “Because people have confidence in me”, he told a crowd of about 2,500 people, according to a Secret Service agent’s estimate, inside an event space at the Mississippi Valley Fairground.
More than half of the Republican respondents also stated that Trump is the candidate they trust the most to handle the economy (55 percent) and the federal budget (51 percent). Ted Cruz, R-Texas, speaks Saturday, Dec. 5, 2015, during the Rising Tide Summit at the US Cellular Center in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Devoting much of his speech to dangers lurking in the world, the businessman suggested at a rally here Saturday that recent turmoil including terrorist attacks in Paris and a mass shooting in California only fuel his political success.
Speaking about the sister of one of the San Bernardino shooters, Trump accused her of lying and knowing more than she has let on.
“Visas are a problem and we have to look at that and see what we need to do to tighten up requirements and do better”, she said.