Ron DeSantis’s six-stop bus tour started inauspiciously on Friday, when he was drowned out by two ladies who heckled the Florida governor with cowbells and a bullhorn throughout his first occasion of the day, about 40 miles west of Des Moines.

They greeted DeSantis with chants protesting his insurance policies as Florida governor on L.G.B.T.Q. points, gender identification and schooling. “Go back to Florida,” they shouted in unison as DeSantis emerged from his marketing campaign bus on the Freedom Rock, a patriotically painted boulder in Menlo, Iowa.

“Racist, fascist, anti-gay, Ron DeSantis, go away,” they chanted.

At one level, a minor fracas ensued between one of many ladies and a person who was there to welcome DeSantis. Handlers for the governor and native regulation enforcement stepped in between them. The governor’s remarks had been principally muffled by the chants, and his aides shortly escorted journalists away from the scene to an awaiting journey van.