Iowa Gov Says She’ll Back Trump If He’s Nominee, But Still Firmly Behind DeSantis

Former President Donald Trump will receive the support of Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds if he is the Republican nominee for the 2024 presidential elections, she said again in a recent interview.

“I’m a Republican, and you know, all of the candidates running are going to be better than what we have,” she said. “We’ve got to win. I mean, we are resilient people. This country is in trouble. Look at the southern border.”

At the time, the Iowa governor said her decision was because of the importance of electing a candidate capable of defeating President Joe Biden, while also possessing “the skill and the resolve to reverse the madness that we see every single day.”

“Our country is in a world of hurt, the world is a powder keg, and I think it’s just really important that we put the right person in office,” she said.

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Former Gov. Terry Branstad, who served from 1983 until 1999, and again from 2011 until 2017, did not endorse a presidential candidate in the Iowa caucuses during his tenure. He said his choice to remain neutral was because he wanted all candidates to feel welcome in the state while on the campaign trail.

Despite the somewhat frosty relationship between Gov. Reynolds and former president Trump now, she is adamant she will support whoever the party selects as the nominee. In Gov. Reynolds’s opinion, “We need to make sure we don’t elect President Biden for another four years.”

However, Gov. Reynolds also made it very clear she would continue to support Gov. DeSantis until the final nominee was announced.

“I just think, too, when you look at the direction of the country, I mean, I believe it’s going to be Ron,” she said.

At this stage, President Trump continues to hold a dominant lead in the polls, ahead of Gov. DeSantis and Nikki Haley, which helped him cement first place by a wide margin in the Iowa caucus on Monday night.