(A follow-up to the Radio Iowa story posted earlier, about Trump referencing Sarah Root)

A western Iowa Republican who was a delegate at his party’s national convention this week says he knows the Sarah Root story very well. Charles Petterson of Persia says Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the judge in the case “didn’t do their jobs” and ensure the driver was held after he’d been charged.  “That guy had been caught and released several times,” Petterson says. “We don’t need new laws. We need to enforce the ones we’ve got.”

Petterson says it’s time to enforce border security. “People are saying: ‘Enough is enough,'” Petterson says. Petterson was a precinct captain for Ted Cruz on Iowa Caucus night. Now that Donald Trump is the G-O-P’s nominee, Petterson says he and other party volunteers are “going to have to work hard” to reach people who are “adamantly opposed” to Trump. “The goal isn’t to get them to be supporters,” Petterson says. “The goal is to get them to vote.”

Petterson’s focused on warning voters about Hillary Clinton rather than making a positive pitch for Donald Trump. “He’s a draft-dodging coward in my book, disrespects prisoners of war. He belittles people,” Petterson says. “…I’m not an enthusiastic Trump supporter, but I will do what I need to do because we cannot have four more years of Obama.”

(Radio Iowa)