Posted on 03/14/2023 12:45:10 PM PDT by SoConPubbie
The road to the 2024 presidential election has already picked up steam, and Iowans in the Hawkeye State can prove it.
On Monday night, thousands of Iowa natives showed up to hear President Donald Trump speak in Davenport, packing the Adler Theater to maximum capacity.
Via statistics shared by RSBN’s Liz Willis, there were more than 3,500 people inside, which was the maximum capacity of the venue.
Around 1,200 to 1,500 more eager supporters waited in long lines outside, despite the freezing Iowa winter temperatures.
Willis also noted that more than 75 of Iowa’s counties were represented in the turnout from Monday’s event, which focused on President Trump’s America First education policy platform.
The Iowa campaign event for Trump’s 2024 presidential bid was not an official rally, but the energy of the audience reflected the excitement of a signature Trump campaign rally in the style of 2022, 2020, and 2016.
Trump was greeted by loud chants of “USA” as he took the stage to the tune of his trademark rally song, “God Bless the USA,” by Lee Greenwood.
“You know, we won this wonderful state…we won Iowa twice and unfortunately we’re going to have to do it a third time because something happened the second time,” he told the crowd.
The 45th president reflected on his administration’s hard work for Iowa farmers, noting his “giant tax cut to family farms,” as well as his move to repeal the “Waters of the United States” which he described as a “federal power grab over every ditch and every puddle on private land.”
Trump also hit on his strong stance against China, reminding Americans, “I stood up to China like no administration has ever done before.” He additionally touched on the importance of producing ethanol in Iowa, vowing to “go after anyone who wishes to destroy it.”
But were there 81 million?..........................
Come on now, Biden is here in SoCal right now speaking to rather large group of supporters, the news media said there were at least a dozen people there, besides the 50-60 media types
We don’t consider the 20’s freezing weather around here
It is winter….I think Iowans might be used to it.
“We don’t consider the 20’s freezing weather around here.”
Laws of physics work differently there. :)
Reminds me of Obama and the rock concerts. Obama would piggy back his speech on the the end of a concert so the cameras could get images of Obama with massive crowds. A closer look, and you could see most of the crowd either stoned, or leaving, or both.
Obama also used another cheat. He would speak in indoor arenas, but could not fill up the arena. So, they put very large curtains and / or partitions in the middle of the arena, and only allowed people to sit in the one half near the stage, near Obama. That way, any images ‘appeared’ to be a full arena.
Biden....well, he just hid in the basement, while they prepared to steal the election.
Old media trick. Was in Korea in 1988 and the newsman covering a protest of about six people east side of Eighth Army screaming at the Korean video crew positioning them to capture the people at the bus transfer point as part of the protest.
Trump took questions from the audience. He did great!
And all this support despite the 24/7 jihad against him that began with his Escalator Speech almost EIGHT YEARS AGO.
Yes, it takes a special person to withstand all the covert attacks against him.
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