Bernie Sanders picks the Muscatine Boxing Club to throw some jabs at Donald Trump.
"Undocumented people did not cause the greed and activities on Wall Street," he said.
The Senator from Vermont calls it absurd, racist and wrong to point a finger at Latinos.
"Let us not blame undocumented people in this country for all of these problems," he said.
Sanders is courting the Hispanic vote before 30 invited guests in Muscatine on Friday morning.
"He's authentic," said Maria Bribriesco, a Sanders supporter. "He's sincere. He's like that, and I wanted everybody to know him."
Latinos comprise nearly 17% of the population in Muscatine County.
At this event, they're connecting with the candidate.
"There's a lot of issues that we brought up that are important for us," said participant Hector Salamanca. "It's important that he hears from the Latino community."
It all represents building momentum for the 73-year-old Sanders.
He's gaining ground on frontrunner Hillary Clinton.
That's reason enough to boost his ground game in Iowa.
"The speed and the kind of turnouts that we're seeing, the kind of volunteers that we're bringing into the campaign, kind of blow me away," Sanders said after the event.
This sizzling campaign is catching fire with creativity.
Unlike other candidates, he says that Wall Street is not in his pocket.
"The American people are sick and tired of big money interests buying elections," he said.
It's old fashioned politics with a twist.
"Our people are going to be out knocking on doors," he continued. "They're going to be talking one-on-one. That's the old-fashioned way. I think that is the way you win an election."
Bernie Sanders is creating quite a horse race for Democrats.