(Credit: AP Photo/Nati Harnik, File) President Donald Trump may be fighting for his political life amidst the ongoing Russia scandal, but there is at least one powerful Republican official whose words likely comforted the beleaguered commander-in-chief: Iowa’s Republican Chairman Jeff Kaufmann. While introducing the president prior to his campaign rally speech in Cedar Rapids, Kaufmann denounced the Republicans who had led the Never Trump movement during the 2016 presidential election, directing particular ire against Nebraska Sen.