For the third time in Mr. DeSantis’s three trips to Iowa this year, Mr. Trump planned to follow close behind with a two-day swing of his own. In March, when Mr. DeSantis came for his book tour, Mr. Trump arrived days later in the same city and drew a bigger crowd. It was Mr. DeSantis who one-upped him then, appearing at a barbecue joint nearby. “The weather was so nice that we felt we just had to come,” Mr. DeSantis said to laughs in Clive. Mr. Hamer, who was at the governor’s event in Council Bluffs on Wednesday, said he had voted for Mr. Trump in 2016 and 2020 but was now leaning toward Mr. DeSantis.

---

Persons: Trump, DeSantis, Mr, Clive, Sean Hannity, “ Ron DeSanctimonious, ”, he’s, ” Tim Hamer, Hamer Organizations: Mr, Republican, Fox News, Social Security Locations: Iowa, Florida, Des Moines, Bluffs