Special Reports & Tweets - Cruz Attendee Describes Enthusiasm Gap Between Candidates
Aired: 2016-01-31
Duration: 03:20


=== Highlights From Cruz Event (03:09) ===

[00:00:00]  Richard Reeves with Infowars.com in Iowa City at a Ted Cruz event.
[00:00:04]  And we have an interloper visiting to check out Ted Cruz.
[00:00:08]  We have Anna from Illinois.
[00:00:10]  Tells us she's a Democrat.
[00:00:11]  But you're still here, so you're obviously interested.
[00:00:13]  So tell us what's going on.
[00:00:15]  Absolutely.
[00:00:15]  So I'm here in Iowa visiting a dear old friend from college.
[00:00:19]  And this is the fifth event we've been able to attend in our short visit.
[00:00:25]  We're heading back to Chicago tonight.
[00:00:31]  Rubio, Hillary, Bernie, and now Cruz.
[00:00:34]  So tell us some of the highlights you've seen so far.
[00:00:37]  Well, it was very striking.
[00:00:38]  Bernie's crowd was definitely the most fired up.
[00:00:40]  I was a little surprised by Trump's crowd.
[00:00:43]  It was a big crowd and they were enthusiastic.
[00:00:45]  Bernie's crowd was like a Led Zeppelin reunion tour.
[00:00:49]  I mean, they were just...
[00:00:51]  So they pretty much had the mosh pit going, right?
[00:00:54]  Just about.
[00:00:55]  Just about.
[00:00:55]  They were absolutely thrilled to be there.
[00:00:57]  Couldn't have been more excited.
[00:00:59]  Cornel West was the opening speaker, and he presented like a preacher.
[00:01:05]  Talking to the choir, so they were very excited.
[00:01:08]  All the other crowds had been good, but not quite on fire that way.
[00:01:14]  So you can confirm the enthusiasm gap between Hillary's crowds and Bernie's?
[00:01:18]  Yeah, I did see that.
[00:01:20]  Hillary's crowd was enthusiastic.
[00:01:22]  Bernie's was off the charts.
[00:01:25]  It was really almost like either a revival meeting or some major, major...
[00:01:33]  You know, biggest band in the world, like you're coming to see the Rolling Stones or something like that.
[00:01:37]  And it was fairly, it was not huge, it was several hundred people, but the energy was just crazy.
[00:01:44]  Okay, so tell us, let's compare the GOP events that you've been to then.
[00:01:48]  Give us kind of a breakdown of what you witnessed there.
[00:01:50]  Well, unfortunately, I had to miss the Rubio event yesterday because I had some work to do.
[00:01:54]  They were describing, according to my friends, and they also went to Christie, let's see, they did Christie, Rubio, and Paul.
[00:02:04]  And they found that Trump was very, very general.
[00:02:10]  Kind of very broad statements, not a lot of policy.
[00:02:13]  According to my friends who've been to all the other events, there was much more policy detail from the other three GOP contenders that they've seen.
[00:02:22]  So for your friends in attendance, was that a big concern to them then?
[00:02:28]  We're here to learn about all of this.
[00:02:30]  I don't think anyone from our group is...
[00:02:36]  Particularly concerned on behalf of any of the candidates, I don't know if I'd put it that way, but they're interested in learning what do people care about, what do these different candidates have to say, but I think just as much it's about learning from the crowds.
[00:02:50]  You know, what is the big applause line in this or that group?

=== Make Your Voice Heard (00:25) ===

[00:02:55]  What's on folks' minds the most?
[00:02:58]  And, you know, we're just learning about our fellow Americans that way.
[00:03:02]  Well, Ana, I appreciate you being active in the process, so that's great.
[00:03:06]  Any final words for our audience?
[00:03:08]  Well, that's a very good question.
[00:03:10]  Just make sure you come out and caucus.
[00:03:11]  Whoever you are supporting, you know, do your part and make your voice heard.
[00:03:16]  Alright, thank you so much.
[00:03:18]  Thank you.
[00:03:18]  Bye-bye.
[00:03:19]  Take care.