Grassley has never had a close race. Ernst won before Trump ever announced. This is a joke. The Governor (who endorsed DeSantis) only had a close race in 2018, when Trump was in office.
The issue is, this fluff talk almost everyone sees past and is ultimately irrelevant to policy and economic concerns that people like me are more concerned with.
I don't really care how dumb of stuff he says, if he's effectual in improving my standard of living and our national interests.