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Iowa's evangelical voters have propelled candidates to victory in Iowa in the past. Will they stick with Trump?
Cbsnews ^ | Nov 16, 2023 | Aaron Navarro

Posted on 11/19/2023 10:40:50 AM PST by backpacker_c

Influential evangelical leader Bob Vander Plaats' organization, "The FAMiLY Leader," will be hosting Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy and former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley for a Thanksgiving Family forum.

Vander Plaats, a faith leader who has endorsed the eventual winner in every contested GOP caucus since 2008, has not yet said who he'll support – but his coveted endorsement could soon go to DeSantis.

On a Monday call with fundraisers, DeSantis told donors he is expecting an endorsement from Vander Plaats' within a week of the roundtable, according to multiple attendees who were on the call. The DeSantis campaign denies the governor said this.

(Excerpt) Read more at cbsnews.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Iowa; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: desantis; evangelicalvote; familyleader; nevertrumper; nevertrumpers; nikkihaley; southcarolina
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This is the cbs article that mentioned desantis has gotten the what is suppose to be an influential evangelical leader's endorsement which could sway the evangelical vote for the state of Iowa.

In another thread, vander plaats, the leader, is said to be something of a grifter, and it appears that the desantis team has paid at least $95k in the past, to help gain his favor.

vander plaats already held his 'forum', however, not even the vocal desantis supporters made note when it occured or promoted it's live stream...

Which seems to show they are more interested in nevertrumping, than promoting desanctimonious...

1 posted on 11/19/2023 10:40:50 AM PST by backpacker_c
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To: backpacker_c

No... Because they want to destroy mankind just as much as the left does because they are of the chosen ones. They know the left will do this for them and they can still retain their moral conscience.


2 posted on 11/19/2023 10:48:59 AM PST by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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To: backpacker_c

They haven’t stopped counting in Iowa.


3 posted on 11/19/2023 11:01:42 AM PST by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: Openurmind

Insulting people of faith now? Ibtz?


4 posted on 11/19/2023 11:03:48 AM PST by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA! DEATH TO MARXISM AND LOBALISM! AMERICA, COWBOY UP!)
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To: backpacker_c
Will they stick with Trump?

It is of no importance.

5 posted on 11/19/2023 11:04:09 AM PST by Jim Noble (The future belongs to those who show up)
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To: Jim Noble

“It is of no importance.”

Endorsements are so twentieth century.


6 posted on 11/19/2023 11:19:06 AM PST by rxh4n1
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To: rxh4n1

the only endorsement that truly counts in contained in Daniel 2:21. remember my friends, it isn’t as much about who you know as who is in control.


7 posted on 11/19/2023 11:43:17 AM PST by Qwapisking ("IF the Second goes first the First goes second" L.Star )
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To: backpacker_c

Picked Cruz, how did work out for them, eh.


8 posted on 11/19/2023 11:52:19 AM PST by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: backpacker_c

Trump will not lose Iowa. I live here and have eyes. In rural areas (i.e. most of iowa) they never took their Trump signs down after 2020. Rock solid.


9 posted on 11/19/2023 12:01:59 PM PST by Cornfed21
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To: backpacker_c

Latest NBC poll numbers for Brandon:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZg87yuAg_0

The lady reporter (anchor?) is nearly apoplectic. :-)


10 posted on 11/19/2023 12:02:15 PM PST by Paul R. (Bin Laden wanted Obama killed so the incompetent VP, Biden, would become President!)
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To: Cornfed21

Iowa is the only formerly blue state Republicans have reliably turned red...so I have noticed.


11 posted on 11/19/2023 12:13:29 PM PST by MachIV
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To: Paul R.

Thank you for that...

I had read there was a new nbc poll out, but hadn’t found it...

And it also shows that the support for Trump, according to their polls, hasn’t changed significantly among republicans..


12 posted on 11/19/2023 12:14:34 PM PST by backpacker_c
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To: cowboyusa

I’m just conveying the truth. Read around, it is everywhere here with faithful pride. One prayer after another for the second coming and an end to all this.

How many do you want me to link too? Bet I could link to a hundred in just the last few days easy. Point is, how do my Grandchildren stand a chance when both the communists and the faithful want to end it all tomorrow?

So if the left does it for them it will be convenient and they will have a clear conscience and can call it God’s glorious will. This is not new, this is a fact of the matter and archived.


13 posted on 11/19/2023 12:22:55 PM PST by Openurmind (The ultimate test of a moral society is the kind of world it leaves to its children. ~ D. Bonhoeffer)
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I don’t think many evangelicals care what “evangelical leaders” say about their candidates. And I’ve never heard of Vander Plaats anyway.

It seems like the press is always trying to pick our leaders for us.


14 posted on 11/19/2023 12:40:44 PM PST by marron
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To: Qwapisking

(the only endorsement that truly counts in contained in Daniel 2:21)

Correct


15 posted on 11/19/2023 12:58:56 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: MachIV

It’s hard to believe that INDIANA actually voted for Obama in 2008.


16 posted on 11/19/2023 1:35:20 PM PST by Alberta's Child (If something in government doesn’t make sense, you can be sure it makes dollars.)
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To: Openurmind

No sane person wants a Nuclear War. It is one of the reasons Goldwater lost so badly in 64.


17 posted on 11/19/2023 1:46:43 PM PST by cowboyusa (YESHUA IS KING OF AMERICA! DEATH TO MARXISM AND LOBALISM! AMERICA, COWBOY UP!)
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To: MachIV

WV!


18 posted on 11/19/2023 2:02:55 PM PST by Reily (!!)
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To: marron

“..And I’ve never heard of Vander Plaats anyway”

A while back he led a campaign that successfully voted out three justices who had voted to legalize gay marriage. The next cycle he attempted a campaign to remove the three remaining gay-marriage supporting judges from the court but was unsuccessful.


19 posted on 11/19/2023 2:50:25 PM PST by howlinhound (Tagline in the shop for repairs.)
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I had a Vander Plaats this morning. Very satisfying. So much so it left me hungry for genuine leadership, not some cross-waving cornholer Iowegian lofl...
20 posted on 11/19/2023 3:03:55 PM PST by StAnDeliver (TrumpII)
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