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I've been meeting and interviewing and having events with these individuals literally for over a year now, we just had Tim Scott from South Carolina up here. Tim Scott from South Carolina really connected with Iowa GOP members, Iowa GOP members. [ Former U.S. Ambassador to the UN ] Nikki Haley was just up here in Dubuque. She had the crowds listening to her every word. Rick Scott has been up here a couple of times. Tom Cotton has probably been up here the most and has crisscrossed, I don't know, [ about ] of a quarter of the state. Mike Pompeo is getting a really good reception. The former vice president [ Pence ] is here again … and he'll be coming back again, I know, in the not-too-distant future.