In what could be one of the biggest braggadocio moments for Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, the candidate claims to have such ardent support that he could shoot someone and not slip in the polls.

At least that is what he told supporters during a rally in Sioux Center, Iowa on Saturday.

“I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn't lose any voters," Trump said. “It’s like, incredible.”

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Trump declined to clarify the comments when asked about them after the event, according to CNN.

Trump has lead in most polls for months. He holds a 40.6 percent share in a Reuters-Ipsos tracking poll that was released Friday.

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Fulton DA Fani Willis (center) with Nathan J. Wade (right), the special prosecutor she hired to manage the Trump case and had a romantic relationship with, at a news conference announcing charges against President-elect Donald Trump and others in Atlanta, Aug. 14, 2023. Georgia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025, upheld an appeals court's decision to disqualify Willis from the election interference case against Trump and his allies. (Kenny Holston/New York Times)

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