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Speaker 1: On Monday, voters in Iowa will be the first in

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Speaker 1: presidential elections. It's a big moment for the country in

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Speaker 1: what could be the most consequential election cycle in decades.

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Speaker 1: So far, we've only gotten a sense of what voters

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Speaker 1: Here's what polls have told us so far. A recent

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Speaker 1: one of likely Iowa caucus attendees has former President Donald

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Speaker 1: Trump leading the GOP race with fifty one percent. That's

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Speaker 1: according to a joint poll from the Des Moines Register,

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Speaker 1: NBC News, and Mediacom. But there's one major figure in

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Speaker 1: the state's Republican leadership who has come out loudly in

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Speaker 2: We need someone who won't get distracted but will stay disciplined,

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Speaker 2: who puts this country first and not himself. That leader.

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Speaker 2: That leader. That leader is Ron DeSantis.

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Speaker 1: That's Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds speaking back in November when

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Speaker 1: she announced her support for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. Compared

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Speaker 1: to Trump's fifty one percent, DeSantis is polling at nineteen.

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Speaker 1: Today on the show, I'm joined by Governor Kim Reynolds.

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Speaker 1: We taped just days before the Iowa caucuses. We talked

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Speaker 1: Plus we've got the exclusive on what she'll do if Trump,

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Speaker 1: From Bloomberg's Washington Bureau. This is big take DC. I'm

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Speaker 1: your host, Seleiah Mosen. Governor Reynolds, thank you so much

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Speaker 1: for agreeing to come on the show.

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Speaker 2: Yes, I'm happy to do it. Thanks for the opportunity.

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Speaker 1: Honestly, I wish that we had enough time to debate

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Speaker 1: whether your state, Iowa or my state Ohio really jes

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Speaker 2: Honestly, Iowa's role is not to necessarily choose the president.

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Speaker 1: Governor Reynolds, you have picked your candidate, and in just

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Speaker 1: a few days, Iowa Republicans are going to choose theirs.

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Speaker 1: Ron DeSantis started this campaign strong in the polls in

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Speaker 2: First of all, it's not going to be the polls

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Speaker 2: most importantly, to stand there and answer question after question

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Speaker 2: when we leave a room. There's been just so many

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Speaker 2: So I think first of all, he just needs to

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Speaker 2: It's not what if this is what I'll do, it

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Speaker 1: I do want to ask you one question that's on

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Speaker 1: Is this a race for a second against Nikki Haley?

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Speaker 1: You and Governor Chris Sinuou of New Hampshire, you were

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Speaker 2: Well, I think you've seen some. I mean other governors

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Speaker 1: After the break Governor Reynolds on what issues matter most

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Speaker 1: I'm joined by Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds. We're talking about

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Speaker 2: Well, I think you know, that's what Iowa does. I

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Speaker 2: You know, the media has tried to set the stage

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Speaker 2: I'm a Republican. Any one of the candidates that we

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Speaker 1: I want to talk a little bit more globally. There's

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Speaker 2: Well, it's a democratic process. We need to do everything

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Speaker 1: And let's come back local. Then, Okay, you've told me

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Speaker 1: They are really taking this seriously. What are the big

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Speaker 2: You know, it's the economy. I think it's safety. I

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Speaker 2: think you know, when you look at what's happening at

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Speaker 2: the southern border. Every single state is a border state

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Speaker 2: right now and are filling the impacts of that. So

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Speaker 2: they're concerned of that. We can't have an open border.

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Speaker 2: We don't leave our homes unlocked at night. It's the

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Speaker 2: same concept. We want to welcome people, but we want

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Speaker 2: to make sure that we're protecting I think it's safety.

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Speaker 2: It's the economy, inflation and safety.

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Speaker 1: What are some of the conversations with your voters that

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Speaker 1: have stuck with you as you've been out in support

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Speaker 2: I think one of the things that they say when

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Speaker 2: I've heard them, especially when they've said I'm in it.

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Speaker 2: Did it for me tonight? Is his ability not to

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Speaker 2: be afraid to answer tough questions, and they are wide ranging.

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Speaker 2: I mean some of them have just been from left field,

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Speaker 2: but his capacity to understand the question, understand the issue,

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Speaker 2: And many, many, many times he's already done it in Florida.

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Speaker 2: So it's not a what if, here's what I would do,

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Speaker 2: When he makes a promise or when he says I'm

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Speaker 2: going to do this, he's already thought it through. I mean,

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Speaker 2: I'm a governor. And these are not little issues that

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Speaker 2: he's talking about. He's taken on really big, tough issues.

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Speaker 2: To be able to stand until there's no more questions now,

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Speaker 2: be afraid of it, have an answer, policy to follow it.

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Speaker 2: It is very, very affected. He is the most effective

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Speaker 2: leader that I have seen in a long long time.

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Speaker 2: And I mean that, Governor Reynold, thank you so much

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Speaker 2: for your time. Thanks heaven a day you're in Iowa,

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Speaker 2: let me know I will be okay, We'll see you then.

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Speaker 1: Iowa to unpack the results of the first in the

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