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Angelo and David Kochel has worked on six republican president ial campaigns. Trump is expected to do very well tonights bied on all the recent polling. But you think he might actually overperform expectations . And if you do, why . Well, thats what theyre looking for, wolf. Theyve been at 51 in the real clear politics average. They kind of need to hit over 50. Theyre more organized than they were in 2016 by a long ways. Theyve got about 1700 precinct leaders. They have white hats with gold trim saying trump caucus captain. They have Saint Lot of information out to the caucus captains. The organization is real and happening on the ground. I think they want to outperform that well see whether or not theyre able to. Jeff angelo, do you think trump could actually overperform tonight . No, i dont think so. I think that this is one of those caucuses where the weather really does make a difference. I think trump has the most
sovereignty of this country. most importantly the safety of americans and we are seeing not only the human trafficking but the illegal drugs pouring into the state, every single state is a border state when it comes to the drugs. it s intentional, it s unconscionable, and it s economy number one. it s safety on the border number two. we are all seeing the impact. we are at the intersection of 35 and 80. we are a direct route from mexico to iowa to disperse throughout the country. and it s got to stop. it s ridiculous. he is not doing his job. we need somebody on day one can step in and secure that border. steve: extraordinarily, one of the people do they iowa caucuses a lot of people will show up tonight on decided, believe it or not, and what happens then is there is somebody from each campaign essentially a caucus captain as the trump campaign calls them. they will speak on behalf of the campaign. that s actually what turns a lot of people. my neighbor just said nice things about s
we will not stop until we get this job done. our enemies want to take away my freedom, i will never let them take away your freedom. they are good, god-fearing patriots. join with me and caucus, our best days are yet to come. god bless you, thank you. when you vote, we will defeat crooked joe biden, take back our country and make america great again. usa, usa, usa. ainsley: his hat said trump caucus captain on it and after the rally he delivered pizza to the fire department. i thought of janice, her husband is a firefighter. so nice he remembered first responders. brian: right.