Exit polls at last night’s Michigan and Mississippi primaries revealed that nine of 10 Republicans are angry or dissatisfied with the government. United States Congressman, Steve King, who represents Iowa’s fourth district, correlates the success of Donald Trump with those numbers and says he is not surprised that Trump has gained the attention of these constituents.
This anti-establishment viewpoint is showing up in the roughly 70 percent who are voting for Trump and Texas Senator, Ted Cruz in the primary states. King said he has no idea where Trump stands on issues and he doesn’t seem to have a core philosophy; rather, he shoots from the hip and hits the target often enough to gain supporters.
These people, King said, would be happy to turn loose the bull in the china closet, close the door and wait to see if there is anything left that is not broken. If it is all broken, they believe they can rebuild from scratch. The Cruz camp sees it a little differently.
As the race for the nomination continues, King is seeing a flattening out and possibly even a tapering off of Trump support as the people get to know him better and see he is not superhuman. King believes he has also been given a pass for far too long on his lack of depth on issues and policy as he just continues to hit the hot buttons. With Cruz less than 100 votes behind going into the four big primaries in Florida, Ohio, Illinois and Missouri on Tuesday, King said Cruz’s push to gain the needed delegates will hinge on who remains in the race.
Cruz will have delegates to make up, King added, but he would still have a path to the nomination. We will bring you more from Steve King on his support of Sen. Cruz, the recently formed task force on executive overreach he chairs, his thoughts on the hearings for a Supreme Court nominee and his own campaign for his eighth term in office in future broadcasts.
