Sen. Tim Scott, 57, was cracking the jokes in Iowa on Tuesday, saying he was asking everyone to come together for him, including a nine-year-old child.

Joining Story County, Iowa GOP at a barn wedding venue, the 2024 hopeful said he’s happy to see the money he’s spending on ads in the nation’s first state their arrives as they helped recite some of his lines.

Scott is acutely aware of his position in the race and rallied the room of about 75 Republican caucus goers about those realities through comedy.

“When you are desperate for every vote, you will ask everyone. Let’s just suppose that right now I’m asking all of you,’ he said.

He recounted how a 9-year-old at the Iowa State Fair gave him a bracelet and said, “I want you to be president.” He joked that he asked the little girl if she would huddle for him, to which she replied in confusion.

Senator Tim Scott joked with a crowd of Iowa Republicans at a dinner party in Story County on Tuesday night that he was ‘desperate’ for every vote he could get – saying he had jokingly asked a nine-year-old at the caucus fair for him

Scott tangled at the Iowa State Fairgrounds on Tuesday as he made his request for caucus goers to support him in January

Scott was hosted by the Iowa GOP in Story County at the 1850 Homestead Wedding Venue in Cambridge, Iowa, with approximately 75 attendees.

He was pleasantly surprised when the people gathered for his dinner knew about his commercials in Iowa.

“I say in my ads, if you take out a loan,” and the crowd responded in tandem with part two, “You pay it back.”

“Hallelujah, that’s great news,” Scott held up his hands. “At least I know you’ve seen the ads. »

“I was wondering if they were buying something with all that money I was spending in Iowa,” he joked. ‘It’s good news.’

He also received another call-and-response moment shortly after with him saying, “If you commit a violent crime,” and the crowd responding, “You’re in jail.”

“I’m going to make you an offer right now,” he joked of those who were shouting what he repeatedly said in his ads. “They have it all figured out, it’s great.”

The junior South Carolina senator often sees his name appear third in primary surveys – including in a recent Iowa poll by DailyMail.com/JL Partners where he gained 11% in August to just 1% in April.

To have a shot at the nomination, candidates know they must perform well in the nation’s premier caucus.

The caucuses will be held on January 15, 2024 – giving Scott and all other 2024 hopefuls five months to woo Iowans who still widely say they will caucus for former President Donald Trump despite his fourth indictment Monday night.

Senator Scott flipped burgers and pork chops at the Iowa State Fair on Tuesday

Scott told reporters after his Q&A with Governor Reynolds: ‘At the end of the day, we need a better system than this,’ when asked about the 41 charges against Trump in the fourth indictment. delivered Monday evening.

Scott dismissed latest indictment against Trump as ‘un-American weaponization’ of Justice Department

Scott called the latest indictment against Trump an “un-American weaponization” of the Justice Department.

The 2024 hopeful appeared at the Iowa State Fair on Tuesday for a “fair talk” with Gov. Kim Reynolds, after which he took part in fair activities like grilling pork chops and playing games.

But first, the South Carolina senator answered a few questions from the press despite jumping on the traditional political soap fair platform, which Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has also snubbed.

“What we kept saying,” Scott told reporters, “we see the legal system being weaponized against political opponents.” It’s not American per se.

“At the end of the day, we need a better system than this,” he added. “I hope the President of the United States has the opportunity to restore trust and integrity in all of our justice departments.”

In the latest DailyMail.com/JL Partners poll this month, Scott comes in third place behind frontrunner Trump and No. 2 candidate DeSantis.