Former President Donald Trump was in vintage form on Sunday when responding to a heckler who started yelling at an Iowa campaign event. With a smirk, Trump told the woman to “go home to mommy.”
With a little under 48 hours to go until the Iowa caucuses, the former president has been jumping from one event to another across the Hawkeye state. While speaking at an event in Indianola, a woman interrupted him by yelling Trump, Trump! You’ve taken billions,” before she was drowned out by boos from the crowd.
“Thank you,” a smirking Trump said. That’s alright… go home to mommy, your mommy is waiting.”
Trump is not the only Republican candidate who has been forced to deal with hecklers in recent days. Vivek Ramaswamy was interrupted by roughly a dozen climate protesters chanting “Vivek is a liar” and “the planet is on fire” as they positioned themselves around the room.
One protester held a sign reading “Vivek: Climate Criminal” as she stood directly in front of the Republican hopeful.
“The planet is not on fire,” an undeterred Ramaswamy said.
Elsewhere in Iowa, a man attempted to present Florida Governor Ron DeSantis with a “participation trophy.” the man told DeSantis that he was not going to win Iowa before he was escorted away from the event.
The late campaign antics come as Republican candidates make their final pitches ahead of Monday’s Iowa caucuses, which will officially kick off the Republican primary. Former President Trump has maintained a sizable polling edge for months, currently averaging roughly 53 percent support according to the RealClearPolitics polling average. This is good for a nearly 35-point lead over his nearest challenger in former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley.
Trump will be hoping to win the Hawkeye state for the first time in the primary cycle, as Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) managed to carry Iowa in 2016 after heavily focusing his campaign efforts there. Trump would go on to win New Hampshire before following it up with a shocking win in South Carolina, after which the campaign never lost its momentum.