In perhaps a sign of the state of Martin O’Malley’s long-shot campaign for the Democratic 2016 presidential nomination, just one person showed up at one of his scheduled campaign appearances in Iowa on Monday.
In the former Maryland governor’s defense, a brutal winter snowstorm derailed candidates of both parties and voters from showing up at several events on Monday, but O’Malley said during a Tuesday appearance on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” “We decided to plow through, quite literally sometimes.”
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“The very last event of the night we actually had a whopping total of one person show up,” O’Malley added with a self-deprecating laugh. “But by God he was glad to see me.”
According to the O’Malley campaign, the voter, named Kenneth, told the governor that he believed he had the “strongest resume” of the candidates running and expressed reservations about the other two Democratic contenders, Hillary Clinton and Sen. Bernie Sanders. “I give you a lot of credit for coming out here,” Kenneth reportedly told O’Malley, “I’m glad you took the time.”
Kenneth braved the snow storm to meet with @MartinOMalley in Tama. #iawx #iacaucus pic.twitter.com/xvB9S8hDwh








