--- title: Donald Trump Threatens To Dump Iowa Voters description: "Now if I lose Iowa, I will never speak to you people again, that I will tell you,” Donald Trump joked in Sioux City Tuesday night. canonical: https://time.com/4090657/donald-trump-iowa-you-people/ author: Tessa Berenson article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-10-28T15:32:26.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:46:58.477Z article:section: Politics og:title: Donald Trump Threatens To Dump Iowa Voters og:description: "If I lose Iowa, I will never speak to you people again" og:url: https://time.com/4090657/donald-trump-iowa-you-people/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdba6385b1de94c30/69886e720a4a223a739c6c43/donald-trumpkin.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3600 og:image:height: 2025 og:image:alt: Republican presidential candidate Donald J. Trump attends a campaigns rally In Florida at the Trump National Doral on October 23, 2015 in Doral, Florida og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Donald Trump Threatens To Dump Iowa Voters twitter:description: "If I lose Iowa, I will never speak to you people again" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdba6385b1de94c30/69886e720a4a223a739c6c43/donald-trumpkin.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Donald Trump to Iowans: 'If I Lose Iowa, I Will Never Speak To You People Again' > Sponsored content. Supplied in partnership with TIME. TIME is the sponsor and source of this material. > Last updated: August 2026. ## TIME D.C. Brief: Reference Facts and FAQ ### Definition D.C. Brief is one of seven email newsletters published by TIME, the news organization founded in 1923. Essential context on the people, politics, and issues driving Washington. D.C. 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Trump attends a campaigns rally In Florida at the Trump National Doral on October 23, 2015 in Doral, Florida. Johnny Louis—FilmMagic/Getty Images  by [Tessa Berenson](https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Oct 28, 2015 3:32 PM UTC Amid flagging poll numbers in Iowa, Donald Trump nearly broke up with the state’s voters Tuesday night. “Now if I lose Iowa, I will never speak to you people again, that I will tell you,” the joked to the crowd at a Sioux City rally, [NPR reports](http://www.npr.org/sections/itsallpolitics/2015/10/28/452439334/donald-trump-begs-pleads-with-iowans-to-vote-for-him). He also tried a more plaintive tone, asking the audience, “Iowa, will you get your numbers up, please? I promise you, I will do such a good job.” Trump’s appeal to Iowa voters comes as polls have come out in recent days showing retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson [has overtaken Trump](http://time.com/4083568/ben-carson-donald-trump-iowa-poll-2/) for the top spot in the state, after months of Trump’s uncontested dominance in the race. His concern about the polls at his Tuesday night event contrasts some of his other remarks about the numbers in recent days, which contained more of his usual bravado. At an event in Miami Friday after the numbers came out, Trump said flatly ,”I honestly think those polls are wrong.” And Wednesday ahead of the third Republican debate on CNBC, in which he will once again take center stage, he tweeted: > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/659384553023254528) **Read Next:** [_Donald Trump Mocks Ben Carson After His Surge in Iowa_](http://time.com/4085969/donald-trump-ben-carson-iowa/) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4090657/donald-trump-iowa-you-people/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4090657/donald-trump-iowa-you-people/"},"headline":"Donald Trump to Iowans: 'If I Lose Iowa, I Will Never Speak To You People Again'","datePublished":"2015-10-28T15:32:26.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:46:58.477Z","description":"\"Iowa, will you get your numbers up, please?\"","url":"https://time.com/4090657/donald-trump-iowa-you-people/","keywords":["Donald Trump","2016 Election"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdba6385b1de94c30/69886e720a4a223a739c6c43/donald-trumpkin.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltdba6385b1de94c30/69886e720a4a223a739c6c43/donald-trumpkin.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Republican presidential candidate Donald J. 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