"I walked away thinking, this is the one who could go toe to toe with Trump."

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Kamala Harris barnstorms Iowa in effort to build 2020 momentum

____Harris introduced her first TV ad of the campaign in the state, a six-figure buy for an introductory spot that blends biography with campaign pitch. Shortly before Harris appeared at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, she was endorsed by Sue and Bob Dvorsky, a married couple who backed Iowa caucus winners Barack Obama in 2008 and Hillary Clinton in 2016. He is a former state senator, and she a former state party chairwoman.

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Larry Peterson and his wife, Eileen, also a 73-year-old educator, were attending the state fair Saturday wearing their Harris T-shirts. They decided to back her after seeing her in Sioux City in June.

“We were really impressed by her stature and her message, and I walked away thinking, this is the one who could go toe to toe with Trump,” Larry Peterson said. “We want to get all of this dream established, the whole progressive agenda, but yet we don’t want to lose the whole middle ground, middle voters. And I’m thinking she maybe has a better chance of hanging on somewhat with middle voters.”

The final decision came, he said, when President Trump tweeted racist comments about sending four U.S. citizen congresswomen of color back to their home countries. “It just hit me: You know, let’s run a woman of color against Trump. Stick it right in his face...”

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...expressions of support for Kamala in Iowa:

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[Siwsan]

1. Most definitely

We have a number of great contenders. I have my 'short list' and she is most definitely on it.

[joost5]

2. I like the energy she's generating.

ANY Democratic presidential candidate is better than tRump. Even that one candidate who shall remain nameless.

[DesertRat]

3. She's very impressive

[wyldwolf]

4. some of you have a lot of confidence in Donald Trump's skills.

[Butterflylady]

27. Not only that, but

Can she grab the swing states, because that is where it will count. Personally, I don't think so.

[honest.abe]

5. Yes, that is how I have felt about her since she started her campaign.

Trump is an idiot but has exceptional talent when it comes to being able to insult and humiliate his opponents. Kamala is the candidate best equipped to handle that and give it right back to him.

[Turbineguy]

6. Toe to toe with trump.

Talking people into not destroying their country.

[krawhitham]

7. She could not handle going toe to toe with Tulsi Gabbard of all people

I have zero faith she can handle the orange one

[mcar]

8. She handled Tulsi just fine

[bigtree]

10. right, she basically ignored her

...and talked about her ACTUAL record as prosecutor.

That's what we want in a candidate, someone who won't allow themselves to be drawn off message by the likes of Gabbard.

[mcar]

13. That's right

Did a "talk to the hand" to Gabbard and stood up for her actual record.

[Andy823]

18. Exactly!

the best way to handle trolls is to ignore them, and Harris knows that. Heck I do the same thing, ignore the trolls. Very seldom do I take the time to address them here on DU.

[mcar]

20. Me too

A good strategy.

[spooky3]

14. I think both Warren and Harris would not only go toe to toe,

they would stomp on his little piggies so hard, Trump would be crying "wee wee wee" all the way home to Mar-a-lago.

[honest.abe]

15. Tulsi Gabbard is a joke and few take her seriously.

She should be ignored which is what Kamala did.

[Skittles]

17. I have come to agree with this assessment

I am not even sure why anyone who is homophobic wants to be a Democrat.

[JI7]

21. that's the only way she could get elected there

im hoping she loses the congressional seat in a primary.

[Skittles]

23. ugh

even if she was not homophobic, pandering to homophobes makes her a big negative to me

[MrsCoffee]

26. Pfffffffffffffffft.

I’ll have some of what you’re smoking, lol.

Gabbard couldn’t even show up to debate her primary opponents in Hawaii.

She is not even a pothole on the Harris highway to the White House.

[mcar]

9. Listening to MSNBC a bit this morning

as they reported on Iowa this weekend. Harris wasn't even mentioned.

[bigtree]

11. CNN has a good reporter assigned to her

...https://twitter.com/KyungLahCNN

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Her counterpart from NBC, Vaughn Hillyard, was too busy jostling with Sanders, and another fellow from the network was out interviewing old, racist Trump voters.

[Hekate]

12. Excellent post

[Skittles]

16. she is tiny yet fereocious

she would have no problem taking on Trump

[Andy823]

19. Trump is afraid of her

He knows she can take him down in the general election.

[betsuni]

22. K&R

[Andy823]

24. Kick nt

[IluvPitties]

25. Kamala is an excellent candidate.

Biden is my guy, but I would feel with her either at the top or bottom of the ticket.

[PunkinPi]

28. K&R