NYC's Bill De Blasio Trades Criticism at Home for Curiosity in Iowa
- From the most populous U.S. city, he ventures to a rural state
- Iowa Democrats say they’ll hear him out in his bid for 2020
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New York Mayor Bill de Blasio stepped away from the criticism in his hometown to engage curiosity in Iowa, making his first stop as a presidential candidate in the middle of farm country to demonstrate his interest in agricultural issues and take shots at President Donald Trump.
Asked how the mayor of the most populous city in the U.S. would connect with voters in rural Iowa, de Blasio said Iowans have the same aspirations as New Yorkers.