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- Conservative leader Bob Vander Plaats said that the road to the GOP nomination goes through Iowa.
- And Vander Plaats told CNN that evangelical voters are both "appreciative" and "exhausted" of Trump.
- Trump recently said the six-week abortion ban in Fla. signed by DeSantis was a "terrible mistake."
While Trump retains a sizable lead in Iowa, the first-in-the-nation voting state for Republicans next year, conservative leader Bob Vander Plaats recently told CNN that the Hawkeye State still has the potential to blunt the former president's momentum.