Efforts to put Trump supporters in charge of Republican infrastructure at all levels are bearing fruit. Some laud it as grassroots activism. Others call it a hostile takeover.
WAUKEE, Iowa — About 200 Iowans sat in neat rows on the bleachers of a middle school gymnasium, listening to a handful of caucus-night speakers and the hum of a heater thawing them from the minus-28 wind chill. Iowans supporting former President Donald Trump and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley each took turns at the microphone to urge the crowd to vote for their candidates, knowing .
Tim Scott and Nikki Haley are fighting for many of the same voters, but they've both tried to avoid an all-out war against each other. The war, however, appears to be coming.