President Trump easily defeated his primary rivals in Monday’s Iowa Republican caucuses, in the first indication that those attempting to take on the president inside his own party stand a slim chance of making headway against the incumbent. 2020 PRIMER: HOW THE IOWA CAUCUSES WORKRNC Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel congratulated the president, vowing he'll carry the state in November. “The president has record support among Republican voters,” Republican National Committee spokesman Rick Gorka told Fox News on Monday. During the 2016 Iowa caucuses, Trump came in second place -- trailing Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, by nearly 4 percentage points. While Weld and Walsh are not expected to pose a tough challenge for the president this primary season, the Trump campaign and more than 80 Trump surrogates were sprinkled across Iowa, speaking at Republican caucus locations.

Source: Fox News February 04, 2020 02:38 UTC