Nine months ago, Republicans were questioning Donald Trump’s place as the lead fixture of their party. His Saturday night rally in Iowa provided the clearest evidence yet that they want him right there
People wait for a rally with former President Donald Trump to begin at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines on Oct. 9, 2021. DES MOINES, IOWA — Nine months ago, Republicans were questioning Donald Trump’s place as the lead fixture of their party. Saturday night provided the clearest evidence yet that they want him right there.
But the notable elements were not what was said by Trump, but who was there with him. Appearing alongside the ex-president was a who’s who of influential Republicans in the Hawkeye state, including Sen. Chuck Grassley and Gov. Kim Reynolds, Iowa Reps. Mariannette Miller-Meeks and Ashley Hinson, former acting attorney general Matt Whitaker and Iowa GOP chairman Jeff Kaufmann.
“Sir, think to the future, don’t go back to the past,” Trump said some Republican members of Congress have advised him. “The reality is, he lost. He brought over 60 lawsuits and lost all but one of them. He was not able to challenge enough votes to overcome President Biden’s significant margins in key states,” Grassley said in a statement offered after voting against Trump’s second impeachment. “He belittled and harassed elected officials across the country to get his way.
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