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Protests, storytelling and rapping highlight Kim Reynolds' 'Fair-Side Chats' Saturday morning

Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley and Vivek Ramaswamy were on the stage near JR's SouthPork Ranch to discuss their campaigns with Reynolds.

Protests, storytelling and rapping highlight Kim Reynolds' 'Fair-Side Chats' Saturday morning

Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley and Vivek Ramaswamy were on the stage near JR's SouthPork Ranch to discuss their campaigns with Reynolds.

MORE ON TRUMP’S VISIT COMING UP TONIGHT AT TEN. AND TRUMP WASN’T THE ONLY REPUBLICAN WHITE HOUSE HOPEFUL CONNECTING WITH VOTERS AT THE FAIR. KCCI IS ETHAN HUMBLE WAS AT THE GOVERNOR’S REYNOLDS FAIR SIDE CHATS WHERE WRAPPING PROTESTS AND LOTS OF PERSONAL STORIES LED TO STRONG REACTIONS FROM FAIRGOERS. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE CAME OUT TO THE FAIR SIDE CHATS HOSTED BY KIM REYNOLDS SATURDAY MORNING, WHERE THEY GOT TO SEE THREE PRESIDENTS HOPEFULS AND HEAR ABOUT THEIR PLATFORMS FROM FUNNY STORIES ABOUT GOING VIRAL WITH NICKI HALEY, MY DAUGHTER OPENS THE DOOR AND GOES, MOM, WHAT ARE YOU DOING OUTSIDE IN YOUR ROBE TO PROTESTERS PULLING THE PLUG TO RON DESANTIS MICROPHONE ON IN AMERICA, THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK HARD, YOU HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO END WRAPPING WITH VIVEK RAMASWAMY AND BACK TO THE HOPE THAT GOES BAGLEY SATURDAY MORNINGS FIRESIDE CHATS REALLY HAD IT ALL THE MORNING STARTED WITH RAMASWAMI SAYING HOW IMPORTANT YOUNG VOTERS WILL BE IN THE UPCOMING ELECTION. I EXPECT TO BE BE THE NOMINEE. I EXPECT THEY WILL NOT LET JOE BIDEN RUN AGAINST ME. WHOEVER I’M RUNNING AGAINST THOUGH, IT NEEDS TO BE A LANDSLIDE. AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 50.1 AND A LANDSLIDE IS ACTUALLY YOUNG PEOPLE IN THIS RACE AND SHARING HOW HE PLANS TO END THE UNITED STATES RELATIONSHIP WITH CHINA. WE DEPEND ON COMMUNIST CHINA FOR THE WAY WE LIVE OUR LIVES. THAT DOESN’T WORK OVER THE LONG RUN. IT’S LIKE WE’RE IN A CODEPENDENT RELATIONSHIP SHIP CODEPENDENT RELATIONSHIPS DO NOT END WELL. THE ONLY QUESTION IS WHO ENDS IT FIRST, THEN NIKKI HALEY SPOKE ABOUT REDUCING THE NATIONAL DEBT THROUGH MANAGING GOVERNMENT SPENDING. WE WILL STOP THE SPENDING WE WILL STOP THE BORROWING. WE WILL ELIMINATE THE EARMARKS. AND I WILL VETO ANY SPENDING BILL THAT DOESN’T TAKE US BACK TO PRE-COVID LEVELS. SHE ALSO SPOKE ABOUT IMPROVING THE TREATMENT OF VETERANS AFTER THEY RETURN FROM WAR. 33,000 OF OUR HEROES IN THIS COUNTRY ARE HOMELESS. ONE 1 IN 3 VETERANS SUFFERS FROM PTSD OR THOUGHTS OF SUICIDE. WE HAVE TO REMEMBER, YOU DON’T JUST LOVE YOUR MILITARY WHEN THEY’RE GONE. WE HAVE TO LOVE THEM WHEN THEY COME BACK HOME TO, AS RON DESANTIS BEGAN HIS CHAT WITH GOVERNOR REYNOLDS, PROTESTERS BLEW WHISTLES AND SHOOK COWBELLS, MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO HEAR HIM SPEAK. IT SPARKED THIS RESPONSE FROM REYNOLDS. YOU KNOW WHAT? WE’RE IN IOWA AND IN IOWA. WE’RE IOWA. NICE. SO LET’S GIVE EVERYBODY THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR ALL CANDIDATE IT’S LAW ENFORCEMENT WOULD LATER WALK THE PROTESTERS OUT. DESANTIS WOULD CONTINUE BY PRAISING IOWA’S SCHOOL CHOICE LAW AND VOWING TO PUSH FOR IT AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL. WELL, I THINK WE NEED TO GIVE THESE KIDS AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE LIBERATED FROM FAILED SCHOOL SYSTEMS AND GIVE THEM AN OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO SCHOOL. THEIR CHOICE. HE ALSO SHARED HIS STANCE ON ALLOWING TRANSGENDER ATHLETES TO COMPETE IN WOMEN’S SPORTS. WE DON’T THINK IT’S FAIR THAT IF THEY WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN SPORTS THAT SOMEONE WILL TRY TO JAM A MAN OR A BOY INTO COMPETITION WITH THEM. SO WE’RE GOING TO PROTECT GIRLS AND WOMEN ATHLETES.
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Protests, storytelling and rapping highlight Kim Reynolds' 'Fair-Side Chats' Saturday morning

Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley and Vivek Ramaswamy were on the stage near JR's SouthPork Ranch to discuss their campaigns with Reynolds.

Hundreds of Iowans attended three of Gov. Kim Reynolds' "Fair-Side Chats" at the Iowa State Fairgrounds Saturday morning.Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley and Vivek Ramaswamy were on the stage near JR's SouthPork Ranch to discuss their campaigns with Reynolds.Vivek RamaswamyThe morning started with Ramaswamy saying how important young voters will be in the upcoming election."I expect to be the nominee. I expect they will not let Joe Biden run against me," he said. "Whoever I'm running against though, it needs to be a landslide, and the difference between 50.1 and a landslide is actually young people in this race."He also shared how he plans to end the United States' relationship with China."We depend on communist China for the way we live our lives. That doesn't work over the long run," Ramaswamy said.Nikki HaleyThen, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley spoke about reducing the national debt by managing government spending."We will stop the spending, we will stop the borrowing, we will eliminate the earmarks," she said. "I will veto any spending bill that doesn't take us back to pre-COVID levels."She also spoke about improving the treatment of veterans after they return from war."33,000 of our heroes in this country are homeless. One in three veterans suffers from PTSD or thoughts of suicide," Haley said. "We have to remember you don't just love your military when they're gone. We have to love them when they come back home, too."Ron DeSantisAs Florida Gov. DeSantis began his chat with Reynolds, protestors blew whistles and shook cowbells, making it difficult to hear him speak.In response to the protestors, Reynolds said, "We're in Iowa, and in Iowa, we're Iowa nice. So let's give everyone the opportunity to hear our candidates."Law enforcement would later walk the protestors out.DeSantis continued his chat by praising Iowa's school choice law and vowing to push for it at the national level."I think we need to give these kids an opportunity to be liberated from failed school systems and give them an opportunity to go to a school of their choice," he said.He also shared his stance on allowing transgender athletes to compete in women's sports."We don't think it's fair that if they want to participate in sports that someone would try and jam a man or a boy into competition with them," DeSantis said. "We're going to protect girls and women athletes."The "Fair-Side Chats" will continue Wednesday morning with Asa Hutchinson at 8:30 a.m., Ryan Binkley at 9:30 a.m. and Tim Scott at 10:30 a.m.

Hundreds of Iowans attended three of Gov. Kim Reynolds' "Fair-Side Chats" at the Iowa State Fairgrounds Saturday morning.

Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley and Vivek Ramaswamy were on the stage near JR's SouthPork Ranch to discuss their campaigns with Reynolds.

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Vivek Ramaswamy

The morning started with Ramaswamy saying how important young voters will be in the upcoming election.

"I expect to be the nominee. I expect they will not let Joe Biden run against me," he said. "Whoever I'm running against though, it needs to be a landslide, and the difference between 50.1 and a landslide is actually young people in this race."

He also shared how he plans to end the United States' relationship with China.

"We depend on communist China for the way we live our lives. That doesn't work over the long run," Ramaswamy said.

Nikki Haley

Then, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley spoke about reducing the national debt by managing government spending.

"We will stop the spending, we will stop the borrowing, we will eliminate the earmarks," she said. "I will veto any spending bill that doesn't take us back to pre-COVID levels."

She also spoke about improving the treatment of veterans after they return from war.

"33,000 of our heroes in this country are homeless. One in three veterans suffers from PTSD or thoughts of suicide," Haley said. "We have to remember you don't just love your military when they're gone. We have to love them when they come back home, too."

Ron DeSantis

As Florida Gov. DeSantis began his chat with Reynolds, protestors blew whistles and shook cowbells, making it difficult to hear him speak.

In response to the protestors, Reynolds said, "We're in Iowa, and in Iowa, we're Iowa nice. So let's give everyone the opportunity to hear our candidates."

Law enforcement would later walk the protestors out.

DeSantis continued his chat by praising Iowa's school choice law and vowing to push for it at the national level.

"I think we need to give these kids an opportunity to be liberated from failed school systems and give them an opportunity to go to a school of their choice," he said.

He also shared his stance on allowing transgender athletes to compete in women's sports.

"We don't think it's fair that if they want to participate in sports that someone would try and jam a man or a boy into competition with them," DeSantis said. "We're going to protect girls and women athletes."

The "Fair-Side Chats" will continue Wednesday morning with Asa Hutchinson at 8:30 a.m., Ryan Binkley at 9:30 a.m. and Tim Scott at 10:30 a.m.