Posted on 06/04/2023 5:25:48 AM PDT by FarCenter
The “Roast and Ride” kicks off a busy summer campaign season heading into the state's first-in-the-nation caucuses early next year.
DES MOINES, Iowa — Amid plates of sliced pork, statement-making leather ensembles and piles of political T-shirts, eight Republican presidential hopefuls descended on Iowa to pitch themselves to voters and, in Mike Pence's case, hop on a motorcycle.
The former vice president and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis were among the White House contenders appearing at a rally at the state fairgrounds near Des Moines hosted by U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst. Her annual political event, the “Roast and Ride” — a combination barbecue-rally and motorcycle ride — kicks off a busy summer campaign season heading into the state's first-in-the-nation caucuses early next year.
Former President Donald Trump, the leading GOP presidential candidate, was notably absent after spending two days in the state this past week. He has largely avoided any events that have him sharing the stage with his 2024 rivals.
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Pence? Really? That fraud?
He looked like a complete idiot in that black leather jacket...
Roast and RINO
Deep State Roasted Pork Slices
Joni castrated the wrong hawgs.
Trump believes he doesn’t have to earn your vote, so he will not show up anywhere except at rallies that feed his RINO ego.
Are you implying Pence is not ANGELS material? Maybe you’re right, I seem to recall a Loyalty and Silence standard. Mikey might have an issue.
Illusions of grandeur?
He doesn’t. He already has
Republican'ts are not known for their originality, and Iowa Republican'ts are particularly afflicted.
Aw, you beat me to it.
WHY are there no pictures in the article? We busted out laughing when we saw him.
Ha! Sounds like a real RINO-PALOOSA.
This pic should capture the essence of his appearance.
Dukakis and the Tank
sounds like a GOP circus ... literally ...
Meanwhile, Chris Crusty was trying to eat the butter cow at the Iowa State Fairgrounds…
Trump has already earned my vote. Your ratpublican toads can do nothing to earn my vote. Never again.
I looked through all of the pics @ the link posted above. The crowd for the RINO-PALOOSA may have topped off at 100 or so.
The Iowa caucuses are nothing more than a honey trap to perpetuate the ethanol industry. It has been very successful in that sense. As far as culling the Presidential field, not so much. Many of us tired decades ago of the incessant, stupid adverts we’re bombarded with for months on end. Worse, it all restarts almost as soon as an election is over. Besides corn growers the big winners are the media. The red-rag Des Moines Register wouldn’t exist without them. They’re so stupid they contributed to the demise of the democrat first in the nation caucus. Now they have to count on the GOP to keep them afloat. The world truly is wacky.
Trump won’t get my vote.
I’m of course speaking for myself. I suggest you do the same.
The Trump organization is actually selling Bibles that have been modified to include documents that aren’t scripture. Talk a about “Illusions of grandeur” you must be outraged.
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