A parade of Democratic presidential hopefuls will each try to turn a few preciou...
DES MOINES, Iowa/SIOUX CITY, Iowa - A parade of Democratic presidential hopefuls will each try to turn a few precious minutes before Iowa voters on Friday into the momentum needed to catapult their campaigns in the critical state, which will hold the first nominating contest in February 2020.
As the state that holds the first nominating contest each election cycle, Iowa plays an outsized role in picking presidential nominees. Only the top finishers in Iowa’s February caucuses will likely survive to continue their candidacies. Speaking at the fair on Thursday, the former vice president said: “We must defeat this president to change the trajectory of this country.”
And no stop at the fair is complete without a visit to the many agriculture-related exhibits, including a life-sized sculpture of a cow made of butter, or to view the prize-winning hogs. On Thursday, Biden, whose record on race has come under intense scrutiny in the nominating contest, was again trying to quiet a new round of criticism that he is insensitive to America’s race problems after an apparent gaffe during a speech to the Asian & Latino Coalition group in Des Moines, Iowa.“We should challenge students in these schools. We have this notion that somehow if you’re poor, you cannot do it. Poor kids are just as bright and just as talented as white kids,” Biden said.
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