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Wach come back, vafrmel cals are seemingly siding with the former president over Ron Desantis and Nikki Haley and Bob Van Der plat, the evangelical leader in iowa joins us next. Ron desantisd Bob Van Der plat, the evangelical leader in iowa joins us next. Over Ron Desantis and N Haley and Bob Van Der plat, the evangelical leader in iowa joins us next. President Over Ron desa Nikki Haley and Bob Van Der plat, the evangelical leader in iowa joins us next

But they cant find them because theyve decided they like Donald Trump better. Thats just the reality. Or that hes not going to win. One of the things we may be talking about this evening is endorsements and whether they matter. Ron Desantis Theyve never really mattered in my view just to put my cards on the view. Not for the past 20 years. But Bob Van Der Platts is one of the most evangelical leaders in iowa. He endorsed desantis pretty early. Governor reynolds. Governor reynolds endorsed desant...

All of these sort of niceties of endorsements and managing expectations in iowa its kind of these people are playing an old game. But what i think people dont understand about evangelicals, when ive been in iowa and talked to them, Donald Trump delivered for them in such a big way. He did i mean, priscilla said that he did what he said he was going to do. And they do not expect evangelicals do not expect politicians to be saints. Theres a lot of sin in the world. They expect people to they dont ...

Nikki Haley's presidential campaign is strategizing that Tuesday's endorsement from the Koch network will give the former UN ambassador fuel in key early states through their ground game commitments, giving her an edge over her rival Ron DeSantis.

Expected to vote against president obama and not necessarily for the governor according to some folks on the ground there and steve brown is on the ground there doing some work on this for us. he in des moines for us. steve, are christian conservatives or evangelicals essentially going to sit this race out? is that what youre hearing? >> reporter: no, maybe not necessarily sit it out but were talking about levels of enthusiasm and turnout here. we talked to bob van der plots. he is noted social ...

In him. i think hes a very good candidate. but because he has not talked about them in this cycle, and because hes kind of avoided that segment, important segment of the voting populous, it gives credence to those critics. so there is questions out there. >> i want to bring in supporters for two candidates who are vying to be that conservative alternative to mitt romney, bob van der plots is supporting rick santorum. hes the president and ceo of the family leader and the state chairman of iowa f...

Because hes kind of avoided that segment, important segment of the voting populous, it gives credence to those critics. so there is questions out there. >> i want to bring in supporters for two candidates who are vying to be that conservative alternative to mitt romney, bob van der plots is supporting rick santorum. hes the president and ceo of the family leader and the state chairman of iowa for freedom. and south carolina state representative, peter mccoy is supporting newt gingrich. he is the...

The most ardent backers of paul. his intense sit very deep. now, he may have a ceiling, paul himself, on whether or not he can get the nomination in a wider, you know, electoral fight whether it is in new hampshire, south carolina, his people can really organize around caucuses, around straw polls in particular and, you know, i just think it is going to be very cult, seems like newt gingrich has triing an lated out here, you think about iowa in the sense, like santorum set up yesterday, you have...

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