Iowa ā It was an inauspicious start for Ron DeSantis in Iowa on Friday.
Chanting āRon DeFascistā and āpudding fingersā on a megaphone while ringing cowbells, two protesters effectively cut short the Florida governorās first campaign stop of the day at a large roadside rock painted for war veterans.
It was the second notable disruption of a Republican presidential candidate by the left in Iowa this week, after a Democrat on Thursday asked Mike Pence at the Iowa State Fair, āWhy did you commit treason on Jan. 6?ā
At the DeSantis event, Kara Ryan of Des Moines said she and her aunt, Heather Ryan, were there on behalf of a political action committee called āBitches Get Stuff Done,ā that supports abortion rights.
A man there to support DeSantis, wearing a hat given out by his aligned super PAC, Never Back Down, at one point tried to stop the noise by attempting unsuccessfully to knock the megaphone out of Heather Ryanās hands.
DeSantis, joined by his wife Casey, still tried to give remarks.
āPeople like that,ā he said, referring to the two protesters drowning him out, āare whatās holding this country back.ā
The handful of veterans gathered erupted in applause. But the event was hurried, DeSantisā meeting with the veterans brief.
DeSantis is set to appear at events in several other Iowa towns Friday as part of his 99-county tour, before attending the Iowa state fair on Saturday.
Are you 12?
No, he was my governor and not only enacted damaging policy while in office, but some of the things that did not pass were unbelievable. My favorite being when he tried to pass a law where women who had gotten an abortion would have to host a mandatory funeral and pay for funerary costs. Just disgusting.
Heās a repugnant human being and an even worse official.
Nobody is disputing that.