DeSantis vies with Trump to sway Iowa conservatives, warns of a Republican ‘culture of losing’

By THOMAS BEAUMONT and MICHELLE L. PRICE (Associated Press)

SIOUX CENTER, Iowa (AP) — Warning of a Republican “culture of losing,” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis sought on Saturday to weaken former President Donald Trump’s grip on the GOP as the party’s leading presidential prospects collided in battleground Iowa.

DeSantis, expected to announce his 2024 presidential campaign any day, briefly flipped burgers and pork chops at a picnic fundraiser in Sioux Center that drew hundred conservatives to the northwest corner of the state. But he largely focused on a formal speech promoting his willingness to embrace conservative cultural fights and sprinkled

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