Invoking Jesus, Republicans prepare for the Iowa caucus in record temperatures

Jesus could also lend a hand to the people of Iowa, who will face freezing temperatures on Monday to choose the Republican presidential candidate, with the caucus potentially being held in temperatures as low as -29 degrees Celsius.

“I declare it will be hotter, in the name of Jesus,” evangelist Patricia Lage told Reuters during an event on Thursday with former President Donald Trump’s eldest son, Don Jr., in Urbandale, on the outskirts of the capital Des Moines .

But Lage, who supports Trump’s bid for the White House, said the former president’s supporters will show up to the caucus anyway: “Trump supporters are tough,” he said.

Trump comfortably leads his two main rivals, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and the country’s former ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, in both Iowa and national polls. If he is chosen, in November he will face the current president, Democrat Joe Biden.

The race for the Republican nomination begins in three days with the caucus in Iowa, where Friday’s snowstorms forced Haley to cancel several events. “I’m definitely not in South Carolina anymore,” she joked to voters in the state’s northwest during an online conversation.

Some voters were able to attend a DeSantis event Friday morning in Ankeny, but they were worried about the cold weather ahead on caucus night.

“I think this will impact the number of people who attend the caucuses,” said Fred Schuster, 68.

DeSantis’ deputy campaign manager, David Polyansky, said Friday that he expects many voters to turn out Monday night. He said he hopes his candidate’s efforts in Iowa, where he has visited 99 counties, will be an advantage.

“I wouldn’t go out in -17 degree temperatures if it weren’t for the campaign and the candidates working the hardest and being the most organised,” he said.

Polyansky said DeSantis would not leave the race after the Iowa caucuses. He said the candidate hopes to travel to New Hampshire, the second state to choose the Republican candidate, for the debates on the 18th and 21st.

DeSantis is aiming for an excellent result in Iowa, where he is tied for second place with Haley. In New Hampshire the politician is behind.

Oregon’s highest court on Friday denied hearing a lawsuit seeking Trump’s ineligibility in the state based on the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which bars people who participated in “insurrections” from holding public offices.

Trump has faced legal obstacles to his candidacy in several states, from voters and legal experts who say he participated in the insurrection by spreading false accusations that the 2020 election was stolen. He subsequently encouraged his supporters to march on Congress to prevent the certification of the election results.

The states of Colorado and Maine have ruled that Trump is ineligible, but both are waiting for the former president to appeal the decisions. The Supreme Court is expected to declare him eligible, but without fully resolving the issue.

Source: Terra

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