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Bob Vander Plaats, an influential Iowa evangelical leader, endorsed Ron DeSantis for president Tuesday, boosting the Florida governor as he goes all in on the leadoff caucus state in an effort to trip up Republican front-runner Donald Trump. Vander Plaats is the second major backer DeSantis has picked up in Iowa this month, joining popular Gov. “I think America would be well served to have a choice, and I really believe Ron DeSantis should be that guy,” he said. Vander Plaats, who is prominent in the anti-abortion movement, has questioned the former president's commitment to an abortion ban. He met with Vander Plaats earlier this year in Tallahassee, the Florida capital.

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[1/2] File photo: Bob Vander Plaats, President and CEO of The Family Leader, speaks during the Family Leadership Summit at the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S., July 14, 2023. DeSantis had courted Vander Plaats, president and CEO of the Christian advocacy group the Family Leader, in recent months. "If President Trump wins Iowa here, I think it's going to be awfully hard to make the case that you can beat President Trump. Recent polls have shown Trump with about a 30-percentage-point edge in Iowa over DeSantis and former United Nations Ambassador Nikki Haley. As he has before, Vander Plaats in the interview denied any connection between the funds and his support.

Persons: Bob Vander Plaats, Scott Morgan, Ron DeSantis, Donald Trump, Iowa’s, Vander Plaats, Trump, Joe Biden, DeSantis, Iowans, Nikki Haley, Ted Cruz, Trump’s pollster, Tony Fabrizio, Kim Reynolds, Haley, James Oliphant, Alexandra Ulmer, Gram Slattery, Daniel Wallis, Lisa Shumaker Organizations: Iowa, REUTERS, Republican, Fox News, Democrat, Reuters, DeSantis, United Nations, U.S, Trump, Thomson Locations: Des Moines , Iowa, U.S, Florida, Iowa, DeSantis

☆ How Haley could eclipse DeSantis to become the Trump alternative
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-14 | by ( Ron Brownstein | Analysis Ronald Brownstein | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +16 min

But many Republican strategists believe that DeSantis’ struggles to connect with voters, and his choice to run at Trump solely from the right, have opened a lane for Haley to eclipse the Florida governor. An array of recent polls, both nationally and in the battleground states, signal that DeSantis and Haley have separated themselves from the rest of the candidates chasing Trump. “Absolutely, Nikki Haley has more upside than DeSantis if they are both viable after the first two,” argued Alex Stroman, a former executive director of the South Carolina GOP. DeSantis, Ayres argued, has “has tried to appeal to some of the ‘always Trump’ voters, but the ‘always Trump’ voters are always Trump for a reason. Nikki Haley seems to have figured out the job is to consolidate the ‘maybe Trump’ voters who supported Trump twice but now … want a different style and different temperament.”Republicans sympathetic to DeSantis argue that it is Haley who has boxed herself in.

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REUTERS/Mike Segar/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Nov 13 (Reuters) - Republican presidential contender Nikki Haley's campaign is reserving $10 million in advertising, her camp said on Monday, as she tries to scoop up supporters of U.S. The ads will be placed on TV, radio and the internet starting in the first week of December in Iowa and New Hampshire, Haley's campaign said. Haley appeared to have caught a small break, however, when Scott unexpectedly dropped out on Sunday night. In state-level polls, Haley typically leads DeSantis in New Hampshire and South Carolina, while DeSantis leads Haley in Iowa. Last week, DeSantis was endorsed by Iowa's governor, Kim Reynolds, who is deeply popular among conservatives in the state.

Persons: Nikki Haley, Adrienne Arsht, Mike Segar, Nikki Haley's, Tim Scott, Haley's, Joe Biden, Haley, Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis, Trump, Scott, DeSantis, Kim Reynolds, Gram Slattery, Ross Colvin, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: South Carolina, Republican, U.S, NBC News, Adrienne, Adrienne Arsht Center, Performing Arts, REUTERS, Rights, South, Democratic, United, Florida, Reuters, Trump, Iowa's, Thomson Locations: Miami , Florida, U.S, Iowa, New Hampshire, United Nations, South Carolina, Iowa , New Hampshire, DeSantis

As of now, the DeSantis campaign is spending only in Iowa. But campaign manager Betsy Ankney called out DeSantis' campaign, which after winning the endorsement of Iowa Gov. Haley's campaign has also leaned on an allied super PAC to keep pace with DeSantis' allies in recent months. As of Sunday, Haley's super PAC had reserved nearly $4.9 million in advertising from Monday through January compared to almost $4 million reserved by DeSantis' super PAC, according to AdImpact. Davison expressed optimism about the direction of the DeSantis campaign, pointing to Reynolds' endorsement last week, which was “not only a huge endorsement and validator for Gov.

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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The Republican Party’s once-crowded 2024 presidential primary field has suddenly shrunk to just a handful of viable candidates. Instead, the fight between Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis for a distant second place appears to be intensifying. Political Cartoons View All 1244 Images“Now I’m hoping the field clears and it’s Nikki Haley one-on-one with the former president,” Druckenmillier told The Associated Press. Scott entered the 2024 campaign to much anticipation — especially in Iowa — as a close friend to Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst and a devoted evangelical Christian. And his modest share of support in late-summer Iowa polls shrunk by late fall as DeSantis and Haley appeared more viable.

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☆ Winners and Losers From the Third Republican Debate - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( New York Times Opinion | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +13 min

Welcome to Opinion’s commentary for the third Republican presidential debate, held in Miami on Wednesday night. The debate didn’t answer the question of whether she can really cut into DeSantis’s more conservative bloc of support. He deserves praise for his substantive, competent answers, but there’s not much of a market for that in the Republican primaries. In a debate dominated by a neoconservative revival, Ramaswamy — in both style and substance — was the only Trumpist on the stage. primary voters relished his attacks on the Republican National Committee and the debate moderators.

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This time, liberal and moderate candidates took control in high-profile races in conservative Iowa, and the swing states of Pennsylvania and Virginia. Pennsylvania saw a number of Democratic victories in school boards, particularly in districts that have recently seen GOP-led school boards adopt policies targeting transgender students, as well as reading materials and curriculum on LGBTQ+ history. Turn PA Blue, a partisan political organization, said Democrats gained control of at least seven school boards and gained ground in a half-dozen others in Pennsylvania, a swing state. In the Central Bucks School District north of Philadelphia, Democrats flipped three seats, ousting the incumbent school board president, and retained two others, giving the party majority control. School board politics have also become contentious in Virginia since 2021, when Republican Gov.

Persons: “, ” Randi Weingarten, Michael Geer, ”, ’, Bonnie Chang, Glenn Youngkin, Toni Morrison, Stephen Chbosky, Kirk Twigg, Mike Pence, Kim Reynolds, Brittania Morey, ___ Mulvihill, Matthew Barakat, John Hanna, Heather Hollingsworth Organizations: —, The American Federation of Teachers, Liberty, Associated Press, Conservative, PA Family Institute, Pennsylvania, Democratic, GOP, Central Bucks School District, Philadelphia Inquirer, Republicans, Turn Bucks, School, Republican Gov, Linn, Mar Community School District, Gov Locations: HARRISBURG, Pa, Iowa, Pennsylvania, Virginia, York County, Philadelphia, Bucks County, Central Bucks, Spotsylvania County, Washington, D.C, Loudoun County, Cedar Rapids, Cherry Hill , New Jersey, Falls Church , Virginia, Topeka , Kansas, Mission , Kansas

At the first two debates, Mr. DeSantis played the front-runner, attacking his opponents only when he was hit first. This has not been an easy stretch for Mr. DeSantis, in no small part because of the attacks from Mr. Trump on everything from his foreign policy credentials to his height. Mr. DeSantis has staked his bid on his performance in the state’s first-in-the-nation caucuses on Jan. 15. Mr. DeSantis offered a similar criticism of the president while campaigning in New Hampshire in October. Unless Mr. Trump makes a dramatic last-minute appearance on the stage, that seems unlikely to change.

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[1/3] Florida Governor and U.S. Presidential candidate Ron DeSantis speaks during a rally, as Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds (not pictured) endorses DeSantis's bid to be the Republican nominee in the 2024 presidential race, in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S. November 6, 2023. The endorsement is unlikely to change the fundamental dynamics of the Iowa race, which Trump currently dominates. Some 81% of likely participants in the state's Republican caucuses approve of her, according to an August poll conducted by the Des Moines Register newspaper. Much like DeSantis, Reynolds has leaned into "culture war" issues as governor. The endorsement comes two days before DeSantis takes the stage for the third Republican primary debate in Florida, which Trump is skipping.

Persons: Ron DeSantis, Kim Reynolds, Rachel Mummey, Donald Trump's, Ron, Reynolds, DeSantis, Nikki Haley, Trump, Gram Slattery, Cynthia Osterman Organizations: Florida Governor, U.S, Iowa, Republican, REUTERS, Rights, Monday, Trump, Des Moines Register, United, DeSantis, Thomson Locations: Des Moines , Iowa, U.S, Florida, Des Moines, Iowa

The memo, shared with The Associated Press, pointed to Reynolds' surprise endorsement — a rarity for sitting Iowa governors before the caucuses — as proof that DeSantis could cut into Trump's margins. In her own memo, Haley campaign manager Betsy Ankney on Monday described the Iowa contest as a “dead heat” between DeSantis and Haley, while ignoring Trump's massive lead. He has no end game.”The new DeSantis memo points to the political infrastructure that he and an allied super PAC have established across several early voting states. In Iowa, the memo claims “there will soon be 50 dedicated paid staff" and the organizing help of Reynolds, who has her own statewide operation. But learning of Reynolds’ support for DeSantis Sunday did nothing to move her toward him, she said Monday.

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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The field of candidates onstage for the third Republican presidential debate will be the smallest yet. Five hopefuls will participate in Wednesday night’s debate at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County, according to the Republican National Committee. After the second debate in September, Ramaswamy asked the RNC to change its rules for the third, requesting that participation be limited to four candidates, with a unique donor requirement of 100,000. The former two-term Arkansas governor participated in the first debate but failed to qualify for the second. He said in a statement after missing out on the second debate that his goal was to increase his polling numbers to 4% in an early state before Thanksgiving.

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☆ Trump is going ballistic on Kim Reynolds for reportedly endorsing DeSantis
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Trump is losing it over Iowa Gov. Trump holds a commanding lead in Iowa polling, but Reynolds' support is a big get for DeSantis. AdvertisementAdvertisementFormer President Donald Trump is taking it personally as Iowa Gov. Trump has continued to argue that Reynolds owes him for her political standing due to his appointment of former Iowa Gov. Like Branstad, Reynolds finds much to admire in her fellow governors.

Persons: Trump, Kim Reynolds, Ron DeSantis, Reynolds, —, Donald Trump, DeSantis, Terry Branstad, shutdowns, Nikki Haley, Branstad, Sen, Ted Cruz, Cruz, Rick Santorum, Mike Huckabee, Rob Pyers Organizations: Iowa Gov, Service, Florida Gov, GOP, Trump, Fox News, Des Moines Register, NBC, Texas Republican, Arkansas Gov Locations: Florida, Iowa, Des Moines, China, Texas, California

Before the endorsement, Mr. Trump repeatedly criticized Ms. Reynolds, who had joined Mr. DeSantis at campaign events around Iowa, for her perceived disloyalty. Mr. Trump, meanwhile, spent Monday testifying in a civil fraud trial that threatens his business empire in New York. In Iowa, Mr. DeSantis is in need of a jolt. “She’s the reason we’re red,” said Gloria Mazza, the chairwoman of the Republican Party of Polk County, which includes Des Moines. Leaders of Iowa’s evangelical community, an important voting bloc, suggested Ms. Reynolds’s endorsement was a major coup for the DeSantis campaign.

Persons: Trump, Reynolds, DeSantis, Nikki Haley, DeSantis’s, “, ”, Gloria Mazza, Mazza Organizations: Mr, Gov, Des Moines Register, NBC, Iowa Republicans, Republican Party Locations: Des Moines, Iowa, New York, South Carolina, Polk County

☆ Sarah Huckabee Sanders to endorse Trump at Wednesday rally
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( Kristen Holmes | Kate Sullivan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Sarah Huckabee Sanders is expected to endorse Donald Trump for president and appear alongside her former boss during his Wednesday rally outside of Miami, a source familiar told CNN. Trump denied asking for Sanders’ endorsement in a Truth Social post at the time. Sanders’ expected endorsement, which was first reported by NBC News, comes as Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds is expected to endorse Trump’s GOP 2024 rival, Florida Gov. “I couldn’t be prouder to have the opportunity to serve my country and particularly to work for this president,” Sanders said at the time of her departure.

Persons: Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Donald Trump, Sanders, Trump, Sanders ’, Kim Reynolds, Ron DeSantis, DeSantis, ” Sanders, “ I’ve Organizations: CNN, Arkansas, Trump, Republican, NBC News, Iowa Gov, Florida Gov, Iowa Republican, White, Republican National Committee Locations: Miami, Hialeah , Florida, Iowa

[1/2] Republican U.S. presidential candidate Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds display "Get Shit Done" mugs during a "Fair-Side Chat" at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S., August 12, 2023. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein Acquire Licensing RightsWASHINGTON, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds will endorse Florida Governor Ron DeSantis's bid to be the Republican nominee in the 2024 presidential race on Monday, according to a source familiar with the matter. An endorsement from Reynolds could be a critical boost for DeSantis, who has fallen far behind former President Donald Trump in the race for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination. The DeSantis campaign and Reynolds's office did not respond to requests for comment. Reynolds will appear at a DeSantis rally in Des Moines, Iowa, on Monday at 6 p.m.

Persons: Ron DeSantis, Kim Reynolds, Evelyn Hockstein, Ron DeSantis's, Reynolds, Donald Trump, DeSantis, Trump, Pete Schroeder, Gram Slattery, Lisa Shumaker Organizations: Republican U.S, Florida, Iowa, Fair, REUTERS, Rights, Republican, DeSantis, NBC News, Trump, NBC, Thomson Locations: Iowa, Des Moines , Iowa, U.S

Kim Reynolds of Iowa is expected to endorse Gov. The endorsement is set to take place as Mr. DeSantis appears in the state, according to three people familiar with the plans. Her interest in his candidacy has been clear for months, including to Mr. Trump, who criticized her for not falling in line behind him. People who have spoken with Ms. Reynolds say she has had some frustrations with the DeSantis campaign’s stumbles. But she is enraged with Mr. Trump, who has twice attacked her personally, according to those people.

Persons: Kim Reynolds, Ron DeSantis, Donald J, Trump, DeSantis, Reynolds, campaign’s Organizations: Gov, Republican, Des Moines Register, Republicans Locations: Iowa, Florida

DeSantis has pinned his chances of emerging as an alternative to Trump alternative squarely on Iowa. Reynolds is well-liked within the GOP and will break with long-standing Iowa tradition to endorse DeSantis. Reynolds had introduced DeSantis at political events in Iowa and appeared with Florida first lady Casey DeSantis — without publicly declaring her support. “Kim Reynolds apparently has begun her retirement tour early as she clearly does not have any ambition for higher office,” the Trump campaign said in an emailed statement. Reynolds is popular within the party in part for signing a school choice bill and strict abortion ban this year.

Persons: DeSantis, Reynolds, Casey DeSantis —, Trump, “ Kim Reynolds, ” Trump, Nikki Haley, he's, Steve Peoples Organizations: Trump, GOP, Republicans, Associated Press, Des Moines Register, NBC News, Republican Locations: Iowa, Des Moines, Florida, Tallahassee, Denison, Crawford, New York

☆ Trump says if elected again he will send troops to US-Mexico border
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( Nathan Layne | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

REUTERS/Scott Morgan Acquire Licensing RightsSept 20 (Reuters) - Former U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that if elected again he would shift resources from federal law enforcement agencies and send thousands of overseas-based troops to the U.S.-Mexico border. Calling record illegal U.S.-Mexico border crossings under President Joe Biden an "invasion," Trump sought to place blame for the problem on the current administration. Biden, a Democrat, is running for re-election and could have a rematch election against the Republican front-runner Trump. "Upon my inauguration I will immediately terminate every open borders policy of the Biden administration," Trump said at a rally in Dubuque. The Dubuque rally was one of two afternoon stops for Trump in Iowa on Wednesday.

Persons: Donald Trump, Scott Morgan, Republican Party's, Trump, Joe Biden, Biden, Ron DeSantis, CBS's Norah O’Donnell, Kim Reynolds, Nathan Layne, Ted Hesson, Colleen Jenkins, Grant McCool, Michael Perry Organizations: U.S, Republican, REUTERS, Former U.S, Democrat, Reuters, Trump, and, Coalition, Press, Iowa, Republicans, Thomson Locations: Dubuque , Iowa, U.S, Former, Mexico, Iowa, Dubuque, Central, Florida, Des Moines, ”, Wilton , Connecticut, Washington

☆ An Iowa nonprofit suffered nearly $1 million in flood damages. The woman who runs it shares the long road to recovery.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-21 | by ( Jacob Zinkula | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Worst of all for her, the ruinous flooding meant Operation Threshold, which helps thousands of low-income individuals and families across three Iowa counties become self-sufficient, couldn't operate. Operation Threshold"So many of the families that flooded were people that we normally serve," Grant, executive director of Operation Threshold, said. The Operation Threshold office building was inundated. In the aftermath of the flooding, Grant said the plethora of paper documents in the office wouldn't dry enough to shred. The organization also received a loan from a local credit union and pocketed roughly $12,000 by selling its secondary office building.

Persons: Barb Grant, Grant, she'd, —, Kim Reynolds, it's, Miriam Alarcón Avila Organizations: Pew Charitable, Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA Locations: Iowa, Waterloo , Iowa, Vermont, Waterloo, Mississippi, Waterloo —

Donald Trump is facing new blowback from anti-abortion activists for refusing to commit to national abortion restrictions and for calling Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' signing of a six-week ban on the procedure a “terrible mistake.”Speaking Sunday on NBC's “Meet the Press,” Trump repeatedly declined to say whether he would support a federal ban on abortion. Posting on X, formerly known as Twitter, DeSantis campaign spokesman Bryan Griffin wrote of Trump: “If you want to appease Democrats, here’s your guy. “I was certainly disappointed with what I heard from President Trump today concerning the Florida Heartbeat Bill,” McCravy told The Associated Press, after watching Trump’s interview. “Laws protecting the unborn are not a ‘terrible mistake.’ They are the hallmark of a just and moral society,” she wrote on X.

Persons: Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis, ” Trump, Trump, “, Bryan Griffin, Marjorie Dannenfelser, Susan B, Anthony Pro, Kim Reynolds, Reynolds, Roe, Wade, Mike Pence, He’s, John McCravy, ” McCravy, South Carolina Sen, Tim Scott, “ Trump, Cathi Herrod, Herrod, Won’t, ” Kristen Waggoner, ”, ” ___ Burnett, Jonathan J, Cooper, Meg Kinnard, Michelle L, Price Organizations: Florida Gov, Press, DeSantis, Trump, America, Iowa Gov, GOP, Republican, Republicans, Rep, Associated Press, South Carolina, AP, Life, Center for Arizona, Alliance Defending, “ Locations: Florida, Iowa, South Carolina, Washington, Arizona, Chicago, Phoenix, Columbia , South Carolina, New York

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Some of Donald Trump 's top rivals for the Republican presidential nomination will address a gathering of influential Iowa evangelical Christians on Saturday night, hoping to woo them away from the former president at an event he is skipping. Former Vice President Mike Pence planned to attend the Iowa Faith and Freedom Coalition's annual banquet and town hall in Des Moines along with Florida Gov. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz used strong appeals to evangelical Republicans to win the GOP's 2016 caucuses. Biden has also proposed federal rules to prohibit schools from categorically banning transgender athletes in school sports. His proposal would allow schools to institute limits designed to ensure fairness or prevent sports-related injuries.

Persons: Donald Trump, Mike Pence, Ron DeSantis, Vivek Ramaswamy, Nikki Haley, Sen, Tim Scott of, Asa Hutchinson, Will Hurd, Kim Reynolds, Iowa's, Texas Sen, Ted Cruz, Trump, Roe, Wade, “, ” Trump, ” DeSantis, Joe Biden, Biden Organizations: DES, Republican, Iowa Faith, Florida Gov, United Nations, Arkansas Gov, Texas Rep, Iowa Gov, Texas, Republicans, GOP, U.S, Supreme, Coalition, Family Research, Democrat Locations: DES MOINES, Iowa, Des Moines, South Carolina, Tim Scott of South Carolina, Arkansas, Washington

There was also a college-football game. The event itself was highly anticipated, as is normal for the Iowa-Iowa State game. But this year’s matchup also featured a bitter head-to-head clash of a political kind that started even before kickoff occurred. Ron DeSantis of Florida, the front-runners in the Republican primary, both appeared at the game: Mr. Trump, in a private suite, and Mr. DeSantis, in the stands alongside the state’s popular governor, Kim Reynolds. It was the first time the two were at the same event since the Iowa State Fair, at which Mr. Trump and his supporters taunted Mr. DeSantis, who was heckled and cursed at as he strolled the fairgrounds with his family.

Persons: Donald J, Ron DeSantis, Trump, DeSantis, Kim Reynolds, Mr Organizations: Iowa State, Trump, Gov, Republican, Fair Locations: Iowa, Florida

☆ Wisconsin sawmill has agreed to stop hiring children after a 16-year-old died on the job
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Charles R. Davis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

A Wisconsin sawmill operator has agreed to stop hiring children after the death of a teenager. Michael Schuls, 16, died of "traumatic asphyxia" after an accident at Florence Hardwoods. The company also employed nine children, some as young as 14, "to illegally operate machinery," including saws for processing lumber. AdvertisementAdvertisement"While we did not knowingly or intentionally violate labor laws, we accept the findings and associated penalties," Florence Hardwoods said in a statement provided to Insider. In May, a pair of Wisconsin Republicans began circulating a bill that would allow 14-year-olds to serve alcohol; earlier, the state's Republican-led legislature legalized children working as late as 11 p.m.

Persons: Michael Schuls, Labor Julie Su, Schuls, Seema Nanda, —, Kim Reynolds, May, Reynolds, cdavis@insider.com Organizations: Labor, Service, US Department of Labor, Green Bay Press, Gazette, Sheriff's, Press - Gazette, Department of Labor, Wisconsin Republicans, Republican, Des Moines Register Locations: Wisconsin, Florence, Wall, Silicon, Mississippi, Iowa

☆ Eminem Tells Vivek Ramaswamy to Stop Rapping His Songs
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-28 | by ( Jonathan Weisman | More About Jonathan Weisman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

As it turned out, Vivek Ramaswamy only got one shot to lose himself in the music. Marshall B. Mathers III, better known as the rapper Eminem, has told Mr. Ramaswamy, a Republican presidential candidate, that he is no longer to use Eminem music on the campaign trail, just weeks after Mr. Ramaswamy broke into an impromptu version of Eminem’s “Lose Yourself” at the Iowa State Fair. At the fair, Mr. Ramaswamy, the 38-year-old political newcomer, had told Gov. “Vivek just got on the stage and cut loose,” his campaign spokeswoman, Tricia McLaughlin, said on Monday. “To the American people’s chagrin, we will have to leave the rapping to the real Slim Shady,” another of Mr. Mathers’s nom de plumes.

Persons: Vivek Ramaswamy, Marshall B, Mathers, Eminem, Ramaswamy, didn’t, Kim Reynolds, “ Vivek, Tricia McLaughlin, “, Slim, ” Organizations: Mathers III, Republican, Fair, BMI, Daily Locations: Iowa

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