Ron DeSantis’ performance at the Iowa State Fair on Saturday turned into a farce when foul-mouthed protesters clashed with his supporters and had to be dragged away by police.
A group of five Liberal protesters who claim DeSantis is the “most dangerous” candidate tried to disrupt his “fair talk” with Gov. Kim Reynolds before being kicked out and banned from returning to the fairgrounds until September 2024.
The same protesters were among a few to join DeSantis on his first stop during a campaign rally in six Iowa cities on Friday.
Heather Ryan, 51, and Kara Ryan, 28, walked to a giant painted roadside rock in Menlo to protest the governor’s appearance by telling him, “Go back to Florida.”
The small group returned on Saturday and this time, in addition to singing, they blew the whistle and rang the cowbell. They came into action when DeSantis took the stage with Reynolds to present his arguments for the presidential candidacy to the attendees.
Liberal protesters were deterred from Ron DeSantis’ performance on stage with Gov. Kim Reynolds after getting into verbal arguments with his supporters
Gov. DeSantis and Gov. Reynolds largely ignored the whistles, cowbells and shouts from the protesters with the PAC B****es Get Stuff Done
‘It’s nice to be here. We are very happy to see everyone. “We appreciate how nice everyone is,” DeSantis said.
But he was met with hate from the B***es Get Stuff Done PAC protesters.
Gov. Reynolds interrupted her conversation with DeSantis to address the protesters directly, “Hey, you know what?” “We’re in Iowa, and in Iowa, we’re nice to Iowa.”
“So let’s give everyone a chance to hear our candidates.” So we’re going to stop until you do,” she added. “But we will all have the opportunity to hear from each and every candidate. That’s what we did.’
The two Republican governors continued their conversation — but after a few minutes, the protesters got into altercations with supporters, who couldn’t hear the governor during their demonstration.
Heaven Chamberlain, one of the protesters in the group of five, was seen arguing with a man who wanted to hear DeSantis’ conversation with Reynolds.
“Don’t f***ing touch me, f***ing hell,” Chamberlain, 27, yelled at the man as he picked him up. The man raised his arm repeatedly, seemingly trying to stop her from picking him up.
Heather Ryan, 51, and four other demonstrators wanted to protest DeSantis’ performance at the Iowa State Fair and quickly ran into confrontations with supporters of the Florida governor’s presidential nomination
Reynolds addressed the protesters directly, “Hey, guess what?” We’re in Iowa, and in Iowa, we’re nice Iowa. So let’s give everyone the opportunity to hear our candidates. So we stand by until you do. But we will all have the opportunity to hear from each and every candidate.
DeSantis walked through the fair with his wife Casey and their three children
Heather was physically removed from the grounds by law enforcement patrolling the fairgrounds
Heather Ryan told that she was put on trial and threatened with arrest but was ultimately simply evicted from the fairgrounds and told she would not be able to return until September 2024
Shortly thereafter, an official at the fair intervened, halting the fight and telling Chamberlain she could “enjoy this or go.”
Moments later, all five demonstrators were dragged out of the “fair side chat” area and issued with a “trespassing/eviction notice.” They were told they would not be able to return to the fairgrounds until September 2024, a month after next year’s fair.
“A badge of fame as far as I’m concerned,” Ryan told , adding that it was just “crappy” that their “Chicks tickets were a flop.”
DeSantis doesn’t appear to be getting a break from the “B****es Get Stuff Done” protesters, who just last week filed the paperwork to become an official Political Action Committee (PAC).
DeSantis was joined at the fair by Florida First Lady Casey DeSantis and her five-year-old son Mason. Her two daughters did not come to the explanations, but are at the fair
Heather and Kara Ryan were also in Menlo, Iowa (pictured) on Friday to protest DeSantis’ stay there during his six-city campaign run ahead of his State Fair appearance
He and his wife Casey were harassed by angry protesters who, during their chant on Friday in Menlo, Iowa, cited the embarrassing claim that the Florida governor eats chocolate pudding with his hands, calling him “pudding fingers.”
It was a nod to a Daily Beast story published earlier this year that claimed lawmakers eat chocolate pudding sans utensils, a claim DeSantis has denied but has continued to haunt him ever since.
The aspiring 2024 presidential candidate and his glamorous wife awkwardly walked away as two women in t-shirts that read “B****es get stuff done” lunged at them.
Heather Ryan shouted her protest into a megaphone and then launched into a foul-mouthed tirade at a male bystander who tried to stop her.
Heather Ryan, 51, of Bondurant, Iowa (right) and Kara Ryan, 28, of Des Moines, Iowa (left), told that they are protesting the “devil” and claiming DeSantis is “more dangerous” than Trump because he is “smarter” than the ex-president