MISSION ACCOMPLISHED. WE’RE ALL HUNGRY. THANK YOU, ALYSSA. NOW TO COMMITMENT 2024 NEWS. IT WOULDN’T BE THE IOWA STATE FAIR WITHOUT A LITTLE BIT OF POLITICS. GOVERNOR KIM REYNOLDS KICKED OFF HER FIRST FAIR SIDE CHATS WITH GOP PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE LARRY ELDER. ELDER IS A LONGTIME CONSERVATIVE RADIO HOST FROM CALIFORNIA. HE TOLD THE GOVERNOR HE SEES HIMSELF AS A SIMILAR CANDIDATE TO FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, BUT SAYS HE’S A BETTER CHOICE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE IN 2024. I’M AN AMERICA FIRST GUY. MAKE AMERICA FIRST AGAIN, GUY. AND YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A GUY LIKE THAT WHO’S A FRONTRUNNER. SO WHY THEN AM I RUNNING? BECAUSE I FEEL THAT THERE ARE A HANDFUL OF ISSUES THAT OUR SIDE IS NOT TALKING ENOUGH ABOUT AT, IF AT ALL. AND THE NUMBER ONE DOMESTIC PROBLEM FACING THIS COUNTRY BY FAR IS THE EPIDEMIC OF FATHERLESSNESS. THE OTHER ISSUE IS THIS LIE THAT AMERICA REMAINS SYSTEMICALLY RACIST. IT’S NOT JUST DRIVING NONSENSE LIKE REPARATIONS AND RACE BASED PREFERENCES AND DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION. IT’S GETTING PEOPLE KILLED. ELDER IS ONE OF SEVERAL GOP PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES AT THE FAIR TODAY. NORTH DAKOTA GOVERNOR DOUG BURGUM AND FORMER VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE KICK OFF THE DES MOINES REGISTER’S POLITICAL SOAPBOX. FORMER ARKANSAS GOVERNOR ASA HUTCHINSON IS MAKING THE ROUNDS AS WELL. YOU CAN FIND A FULL SCHEDULE FOR THE SOAPBOX AND TH