DeSantis Draws Laughable Size Crowd In Iowa

New photos reveal Governor of Florida Ron DeSantis is having a very hard time drawing a crowd at his campaign events.

A recent photo of DeSantis speaking at a livestock auction in Tama, Iowa went viral due to the fact there was barely anyone that attended his meet and greet.

The picture showed less than 20 people attending the event and revealed there were hundreds of open seats.

Just take a look yourself:

LOL!!!!

This is the crowd DeSantis draws!

Hey @mitchellvii do you think you can count them all or do we need to deploy the heat maps?

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 pic.twitter.com/oQIOX19PoR

— Noah Christopher (@DailyNoahNews) August 6, 2023

Tiny crowd for Ron DeSantis in a livestock auction venue.

Nobody is buying what that heifer is selling. pic.twitter.com/2giAAtCR3L

— Steven Cheung (@StevenCheung) August 5, 2023

Nobody is attacking DeSantis for visiting small towns. It’s just if Trump visits a small town, tens of thousands of people will drive in from hundreds of miles just to see him. DeSantis’ low-energy presence doesn’t command that type of crowd. https://t.co/ucPSagte8o

— Eric Matheny 🎙️ (@ericmmatheny) August 6, 2023

Newsweek had more details to add:

GOP nominee Ron DeSantis was met with a large number of empty seats at a meet and greet event in Iowa, photos shared online have revealed.

The Florida Governor hoped to resurrect his flagging campaign at a number of events across the Hawkeye State this weekend.

DeSantis visited Cedar Falls before he ate breakfast at the Vinton Family Restaurant before heading to a meet and greet at a livestock auction in Tama.

The image showed a few dozen people sitting on benches at the auction, with most of the venue empty.

Miller did add a caveat in a follow-up tweet, which read: “Fwiw (for what it’s worth) DeSantis is doing a bunch of events this weekend, and not all have been this sparse.

“This is the reality when you reboot and have to do the grind it out, lots of small events Let Ron Be Ron deal.”

But the photo soon attracted derision from the campaign spokesman of DeSantis’ staunch rival Donald Trump.
Trump political advisor Steven Cheung mocked the Florida Governor over the apparent small turnout at the event, saying in an X post: “Tiny crowd for Ron DeSantis in a livestock auction venue. Nobody is buying what that heifer is selling.”

Here’s DeSantis at another venue in New Hampshire drawing another small crowd:

Desantis packing in another huge crowd in NH today for the unveiling of his new economic plan. 📷 @akarl_smith pic.twitter.com/Fs7N8tbCT3

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) July 31, 2023

Here’s another small crowd in Iowa:

Wow, very low turnout and energy for Ron DeSantis’ Iowa event. Globalists keep saying Trump lost, yet Trump’s crowd sizes keep growing while globalist presidential candidates' crowds keep shrinking. The MAGA movement has never been so popular.
pic.twitter.com/PCRp9IgFof

— Charles R Downs (@TheCharlesDowns) August 4, 2023

Now let’s compare that to Trump’s recent crowds at his speaking engagements:

This was the MAGA crowd of thousands waiting to see President Trump speak in Erie, Pennsylvania

Not a single other candidate in this race can fill an arena like this

Not even close
pic.twitter.com/m5gxIeFRF0

— DC_Draino (@DC_Draino) August 4, 2023

Huge crowd of nearly 3,000 on hand to see President Trump speak at the Alabama GOP dinner.

It's being called the biggest attendance ever.pic.twitter.com/aHiu8U4nKy

— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) August 5, 2023