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White supremacist. julian castro became the sixth to offer that description as nearly the entire democratic field is in iowa for the political events, the wing ding dinner, so named because the menu includes chicken wings. arlette saenz reports from clear lake, iowa. >> reporter: the iowa tate fair, a proving ground for presidential hopefuls, shaking hands with fair-goers, flipping pork chops and making their case to eye -- to iowas. as they swarm the hawkeye state, they are taking aim at president trump but several now calling him a white supremacist. >> based on his words and actions, yes, h...

Certainly have not helped people here in this country. and, erin, i walked through the wing ding, a packed auditorium and i talked to hard core die hard democrats, do they kir if a candidate liebls donald trump the white supremacist or not. the great majority said they don't care about the label. they do consider trump a racist. erin. >> kyung, thank you very much. i want to go youfrpt now to former dny director maria cardona and adviser to trump's 2020 campaign david urban process. thank you on this friday. maria is the trump campaign right that calling him a white supremacist is actually goi...

He was walking around and asked how it feels to be a front runner. he said, do i still have that target on my back? he had a little bounce in his step. in this new poll out yesterday, he is showing a steady lead. still leading the pack of candidates here. bernie sanders and elizabeth warren have essentially flipped. that is sort of setting the mood here as all the candidates are descending. other candidates will be here today and tonight will be at the wing ding. a traditional event at the surf ball room at clear lake where each candidate will have five minutes to make their case to voters her...

Expected to show here at the wing ding dinner ton. they are crisscrossing the state in the meantime. and what you see behind me, erin, are the greeting crews before the candidates go in. it's the question that they are absolutely being asked by political reporters, will you label donald trump a white supremacist? and that direct question is being asked. about half of the field saying, yes, everyone from elizabeth warren earlier in the week to andrew, kirstin gillibranding with saying he is a white supremacist or nationalist. there are some refront range. notably top tier candidates joe biden a...

Will get to make their pitch to iowans. >> thanks for that report and we'll look forward to your reporting from the wing ding dinner tonight. thanks. annie, i'm going to you on this because you covered warren and really all of the candidates. what does this get folks in terms of calling the president a white supremacist. a number of them have, elizabeth warren most recently yesterday in the pages of "the new york times." >> yeah. i mean i think this idea of whether or not the president is a white supremacist has become this litmus test now. yet another litmus test for this giant field of can...