Posted on 01/19/2016 4:08:37 PM PST by VitacoreVision
AMES, Iowa - Sarah Palin, the former Alaska governor and 2008 vice-presidential nominee who became a Tea Party sensation and a favorite of grass-roots conservatives, endorsed Donald J. Trump in Iowa on Tuesday, providing Mr. Trump with a potentially significant boost just 13 days before the state's caucuses.
"Are you ready to make America great again?" Ms. Palin said with Mr. Trump by her side at a rally at Iowa State University. "Are you ready to stump for Trump? I'm here to support the next president of the United States - Donald Trump."
Her support is the highest-profile backing for a Republican contender so far. It came the same day that Iowa's Republican governor, Terry Branstad, said he hopes that Senator Ted Cruz will be defeated in Iowa, where the Feb. 1 caucuses are a must-win for the Texas senator, who is running neck-and-neck with Mr. Trump in state polls.
The endorsement came as Mr. Trump was bearing down in the state, holding multiple campaign events and raising expectations about his performance in the race's first nominating contest.
"I am greatly honored to receive Sarah's endorsement," Mr. Trump said in a statement trumpeting Mrs. Palin's decision. "She is a friend, and a high-quality person whom I have great respect for. I am proud to have her support."
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She had so many great lines tonight! That was one of the best.
No.
You don’t keep the Left wing insults there.
You don’t keep the Left wing tactics there.
Deal with it.
If you folks would clean up your act, you’d see a lot less hostility here.
Don’t like it. Do something about it.
Clean up your side. Then belch.
I am very pleased with this . I love and respect Mrs Palin very much . She has faced the fetid Leftist commies in the country and taken the worst they can throw at her . She is still standing . I hope there is a good position for her in the Trump administration . She does have experience in governance
Palin endorses Donald Trump
Just Another Brick in the Wall
TRUMP 2016 - go Go GO!
Very bad day for Cruz and his cult.
Read this thread including your post, and then remind me of your admonishment to know off the DU posting.
You’ve go the proverbial post in your own eye.
Looks like Trump is not going to put the muzzle on her. She let it rip.
Pray America wakes
No rallying here.
Cruz is class.
Trump and Sarah are ... Trash.
Actually not.
I am for Cruz all the way...but I recognize smart operating when I see it.
Trump is executing the art of the deal...and he got Palin to go along with him to try and address Ted’s rising numbers in Iowa, while at the same time blunting Ted’s strength with the base conservatives nationally.
Do not get me wrong...I am not jumping Ted’s ship. or throwing in the towel. I want him to win and will support him in the effort to do so.
I just see the strategy here and it is a good one from Trump’s perspective. And having Palin’s support will shore up Trump in a place he has needed it.
In the end...if Cruz does not win the nomination and Trump does, I will vote for Trump, with whatever issues, before a Hillary or Sanders in a heartbeat...and I will not stay home and throw the election to either of them either.
The country cannot afford that.
At least with Trump, should it go that way...particularly if he surrounds himself with these types of people, we will make progress...much needed progress...in a number of critical areas.
The border will get closed with a fence as it should..
The Refugees will stop.
Our foreign policy will get a LOT better.
Obama Care will get repealed.
The Tax problem will start to get addressed.
Things for the economy and business will get a lot better.
etc.
Despite this endorsement...I still think Cruz may pull Iowa out of the hat. Let’s wait and see.
Could they have found a worse pic of the woman? Terrible!
I watched the speechâ¦this is a revolution. She took it right to the enemy.
Trump/Palin 2016!
Ah. Did endorsement hurt baby Libby lu? Aw....
Did everybody pick up on the part of Palin’s speech where she said our great senators need to stay in the Senate? I think she was talking to Ted and Rand.
God bless Jim.
God bless Palin
She endorsed McCain in ‘08.
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