top republican officials spoke in support of him, including governor terry branstad and senator joni ernst and trump aired his deliberations over whether to attack speakers at the democratic convention with thinly and not at all veiled swipes at some. >> the things that were said about me. i mean, should i go through some of the names? i -- you know what? i wanted to. i wanted to hit a couple of those speakers so hard. i was all set. and then i got a call from a highly respected governor, how's it going, donald? i said, well it's going good but they're really saying bad things about me. i'm going to hit them so hard. i was going to hit one guy in particular, a very little guy. i was going to hit this guy so hard his head would spin, he wouldn't know what the hell happened. and he came out of nowhere! he came out of nowhere. they made december with me, would you help me with this? would you make this deal? and solve the problem? i solved the problem, i'd do a great job. i was going to hit a number of those speakers so hard their heads would spin, they'd never recover. i said i'm going

grassley and senator joni ernst, and the longest serving governor in american history, governor terry branstad. the state of iowa proudly casts its 30 votes for the next president of the united states of america, donald j. trump. >> pursuant to the announcement of the delegation and the rules of this convention, iowa, 30 votes trump. >> kansas. 40 delegates with the following bound delegates, nine trump, 24 cruz, six rubio, one kasich. >> madam secretary, kansas, home of the greatest fans of the reigning world series champions, the kansas city royals, proud home of the iconic bob dole, casts nine votes for the next president of the united states, donald j. trump. 24 votes for senator ted cruz, six votes for senator marco rubio, and one vote for governor john kasich. >> pursuant to the announcement of the delegation and the rules of this convention, kansas, nine votes trump, 24 votes cruz, six votes rubio and one vote kasich. >> kentucky, 46 delegates with the following bound delegates. 17 trump. >> mr. chairman, from the bluegrass state, the commonwealth of kentucky, the home of churchill down

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,huck grassley and joni ernst and the longest-serving governor in american history, governor terry branstadrules, the state iowa casts its 30 votes for the next president of the united states of america, donald j. trump. [applause] mr. kent: pursuant to the announcement of the delegation and the rules of this convention, iowa, 30 votes trump. ms. hudson: kansas. 40 delegates with the following bound delegates. rubio,ump, 24 cruz, six one kasich. secretary, kansas, home of the greatest fans of the reigning world series champions, -- kansas city royals [cheering] proud home of the iconic bob dole. casts nine votes for the next president of the united states, donald j. trump. [applause] cruz,es for senator ted six votes for senator marco rubio, and one vote for governor john kasich. [applause] mr. kent: pursuant to the announcement of the delegation and the rules of this convention, kansas, nine votes trump, 24 votes cruz, six votes rubio, one vote kasich. ms. hudson: kentucky 46 delegates with the following bound delegates. 17 trump. >> mr. chairman, from the bluegrass state, the commonwealth

senator joni ernst -- [ applause ] and the longest-serving governor in american history, governor terry branstaddly casts its 30 votes for the next president of the united states of america donald j. trump. [ cheers and applause ] pursuant to the announcement of the delegation and the rules of this convention, iowa 30 votes trum trump. >> kansas, 40 delegates with the following bound delegates. nine trump, 24 cruz, six rubio, one kasich. >> madam secretary, kansas, home of the great est fans of the reigning world series champions, the kansas city royals. [ cheers and applause ] proud home of the iconic bob dole. [ cheers and applause ] cast nine votes for the next president of the united states donald j. trump. 24 votes for senator ted cruz, six votes for senator marco rubio and one vote for governor john kasich. [ cheers and applause ] >> pursuant to the announcement of the delegation and the rules of this convention, kansas, nine votes trump, 24 votes cruz, six votes rubio and one vote kasich. [ applause ] kentucky, 46 delegates with the following bound delegates. 17 trump. >> mr. chairman, fr

let's give terry branstad and christine branstad around the applause. >> this would not have happenedr branstad will tell you, without the cosponsors who literally stepped up to the plate. these are hard deals to put together. most of our cosponsors are out there. give them a round of applause if we could. and thank our corporate fellows on behalf of all of you, we couldn't do what we do, give them a round of applause as well. [applause] >> i encourage everyone to stop by so they can package a few neil, the service event will run from 8:30 to 10:30, that will be greatly appreciated. i am calling the meeting to close but you are next to the gavel. >> a contribution to this effort, the nga doing good stuff and terry's leadership will do better. there have been people asking about the booklet we passed out on highlighting the success of the states. contact scott and his people. there will be a continuation so things you are doing on cyberspace and other innovative things taking place states will have online in perpetuity to see the great things taking place that you can access. contact s

so to introduce senator grassley, we asked governor branstad if he would do that. so terryare you ready to do that? governor branstad: i sure am. chuck grassley is a dear friend of mine. i met him when i was a student at the university of iowa and my family were democrats and friends said, you know, republicans are really not as bad as your parents told you. would you come to this college republican meeting and the young state representative chuck grassley was the speaker. then later -- that was in the 1960's. that was in 1966. in 1972 i ran for and got elected to the legislature. by that time chuck grassley already was one of the leaders in the legislature, chairman of the appropriations committee. and i was part of a bipartisan group he brought together to help control spending and keep the budget under control. and then in 1974 he was elected to the united states congress. in 1980 -- and i'm looking at governor walker nodding over there. governor walker when he was a kid growing up in plainfield, iowa, chuck grassley was his state representative. so chuck grassley has be

from virginia and the host, the longest serving governor in the mystery of the united states terry branstad. we are happy to have him. [applause] >> and now, it is funny, people say the meeting is going great so far and i say it is good laws of governor branstad. i am turn it over to david yepsen and many of you probably know david. heavy has been with the des moines register and on public television in different capacities and now he is head of the paul simon public policy institute at the southern illinois university and hails from jefferson, iowa. i will turn it over to david. thank you very much. >> thank you, scott. [applause] >> before we get started, i would like to turn it over to the host government for opening comment or two. >> david, thank you. i want to welcome all of you to iowa. scott said this was the 108th meeting of the governor and i have only been to 21 of them. i want to thank the committee that put this together. jay buyers with the greater des moines partnership, paula field who is the mayor of johnsonton and the person who runs the iowa office in d.c. they deserve th

we have to i will governors with us, 11 former and one current governor that are both called terry branstadhter] >> we also have a former governor that's the secretary of agriculture, tom bill sack. >> i'm going to get that. you're stepping on my lines buddy. [laughter] anyway were honored to have with us tom bill sack the former governor of iowa who's done a great job as the secretary of agriculture. were honored to have him here today. we welcome one and all. with that, terry let me turn some time over to get us started on this program and you can leave the discussion. thank you. >> thank you very much, good morning to everyone we have a very fantastic day plan today. we are fortunate to be joined by some distinguished guests throughout the day to start us off this morning we will address an issue that is near and dear to my heart and to the people of iowa. i will lead's the country in agriculture and food production and is responsible for more than 7% of america's food supply. there is not a better place for governors to come, to convene and discuss agricultural issues than here in the h

they are both called terry branstad.er] >> we also have one that is the former secretary of agriculture. >> i'm going to get to that. you're stepping on my lines, buddy. we are honored to have secretary vilsack. with that, let me turn some time overdue you to get started on this program and you can lead the discussion for us. >> thank you very much. good morning to everyone. we have a very fantastic day plan today. we are fortunate to be joined by some distinguished guests throughout the day. morning,of us off this we will address an issue that is near and dear to my heart and the people of iowa. i will leave the country and agricultural and food production and is responsible for more than 7% of america's food supply. there is not a better place for governors to con, to convene and discuss agricultural issues than here in the heartland of america and the state of iowa with two iowa governors, one former, one current, and there is also no better person to the that discussion than myself. i am honored and proud to do it. >