Democrats vying for the nomination to take on Republican U.S. President Donald T...
DES MOINES, Iowa - Democrats vying for the nomination to take on Republican U.S. President Donald Trump tried to make a splash on Saturday as they entered a party steak fry in Des Moines, Iowa, the state that will host the first nominating contest in early February.
Seventeen of the 19 Democrats in the race to take on Trump in November 2020 spoke at the steak fry hosted by the Polk County Democrats, the county that includes Des Moines, Iowa’s most populous city. Supporters arrived early to set up candidate yard signs alongside the road winding into the park. They trekked in wearing t-shirts emblazoned with the name of their favorite contender or cause. They sat in lawn chairs as the candidates spoke, cheering and chanting in the light rain as the ground grew muddy and posters soggy.
Harris blasted Trump’s trade policies as hurting Iowa’s farmers. U.S. Senator Cory Booker said the election was a “referendum on our spirit.” U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders said the “same old type of politics is not going to work.” Former Vice President Joe Biden said he believed the country could recover from four years of Trump’s presidency, but not eight.
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