Former President Donald Trump takes a photo with young fans during the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday, August 12, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley reacts after winning a carnival game with her son Nalin Haley and Sen. Joni Ernst at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday, August 12, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

A crowd listens to Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speak at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday, August 12, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

A fairgoer sports a Donald Trump shirt at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday, August 12, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis visits with a fairgoer while wandering around at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday, August 12, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

A member of secret service waits by the door ahead of Donald Trump’s visit at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday, August 12, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

A woman talks with Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis while walking around at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday, August 12, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Sen. Joni Ernst and Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley walk through Thrillville at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday, August 12, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Security escorts Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis after the Fair-Side Chats during the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday, August 12, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Former President Donald Trump talks with a crowd member during his visit to the Animal Learning Center during the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday, August 12, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Former President Donald Trump is escorted by secret service during his visit at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday, August 12, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. talks about the things he would change if elected to office at the Des Moines Register Political Soapbox during the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday, August 12, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Donald Trump fans wait for his arrival at the Animal Learning Center during the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday, August 12, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Sen. Joni Ernst smiles as she plays a carnival game with Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday, August 12, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

People file in to get checked by secret service ahead of Donald Trump’s visit at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday, August 12, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis waves at fairgoers while walking around at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday, August 12, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Former President Donald Trump addresses the crowd during his visit to the Animal Learning Center during the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday, August 12, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley shoots a basketball while playing a carnival game at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday, August 12, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson autographs a sign during at the Des Moines Register Political Soapbox during the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday, August 12, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis talks with people while walking around at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday, August 12, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

After winning his mom a stuffed animal, Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley kisses her son Nalin Haley on the cheek at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday, August 12, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

A audience member holds a Marianne Williamson for president sign at the Des Moines Register Political Soapbox event during the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday, August 12, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Hundreds of people crowd to get a photo of Donald Trump as he walks around the Animal Learning Center during the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday, August 12, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis holds up his daughter as fans and media crowd around him at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday, August 12, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Thousands of people crowd the Steer N’ Stein to listen to former President Donald Trump speak during the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday, August 12, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley reacts as she plays skee-ball with her son Nalin Haley and Sen. Joni Ernst at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday, August 12, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. uses a large map of Iowa to show the potential pipelines and their impact at the Des Moines Register Political Soapbox during the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday, August 12, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

People crowd around former President Donald Trump as he makes his way through the Animal Learning Center at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday, August 12, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley embraces her son Nalin Haley as they wait their turn to throw basketballs at a carnival game booth at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday, August 12, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson talks about what she would change if elected to office during the Des Moines Political Register Soapbox at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday, August 12, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

Fairgoers take photos of former President Donald Trump as he gets into his car during a visit at the Iowa State Fair in Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday, August 12, 2023. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

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