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The Final Act in Iowa

Would the GOP ever consider leaving?

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Ben Domenech
Jan 08, 2024
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Here’s Matt Taibbi with a piece on Trump’s latest performance in Sioux City Friday, where he put on a fairly typical version of his insult comic approach:

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Donald Trump, America's Comic
SIOUX CENTER, IA — You know Donald Trump is feeling good when he moves into Triumph the Insult Comic President mode, early in a speech. In Iowa Friday, ten days before Americans officially start voting for the man, Trump was a violin short of Henny Youngman. He had everything working…
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2 years ago · 554 likes · 195 comments · Matt Taibbi

The crowd was unsurprisingly into it, considering the makeup (pic via Taibbi):

In terms of on the ground approaches, Trump is on track to win and win bigly in Iowa, and it’s not by playing the typical I…

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