Ron DeSantis tells Iowans of 'nasty' Bethlehem 'pigsty' during Iowa close

Ron DeSantis tells Iowans of 'nasty' Bethlehem 'pigsty' during Iowa close

Ron DeSantis wrapped his campaign schedule in Iowa with a final shot across the bow of Bethlehem.

Not the one in Pennsylvania, either, but the one central to the Christian tradition.

During remarks in Ankeny on Sunday, the Florida Governor fumed about the “Palestinian Arab controlled” city where Christ was born and how “upset” he is by its current condition.

“So if you go to Bethlehem, I mean, it’s honestly, I was really upset. It’s a pigsty, trash everywhere. It was nasty,” DeSantis said.

The travelogue continued.

“They have a church … I think it’s where they think Christ was born,” DeSantis explained. “They built this beautiful church so they have it there and everything and you go in, the...

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