Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal called out the media Monday for what he described as focusing too much on rival Donald Trump and Republican candidate infighting and too little on the shortcomings of the Democratic field.

“The media would love to see Republicans attacking Republicans,” Jindal told a crowd of 25 people at a Pizza Ranch in Vinton, the first of two scheduled stops Monday in eastern Iowa.

“But I don’t think there’s enough attention on what’s going on in that soap opera that’s called the Democratic primary. … They have got a weak field,” he said.

He then listed several of the Democratic candidates and what he sees as their faults: Hillary Clinton and her use of a private email server while she was secretary of state; Bernie Sanders, the Vermont senator, who has long described himself as a democratic socialist; former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley, who has connected global warming with the rise of ISIS; and former Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee, who wants the U.S. to convert to the metric system.

A spokesman from the Iowa Democratic Party on Monday said the Democratic field was focused on “all Iowans.”

“In direct contrast to the GOP field, all of the Democratic candidates are promoting policies that strengthen Iowa’s middle class families and build an economy that works for all Iowans — not just the wealthy few,” Sam Lau, communications director for the Iowa Democratic Party, said in a statement made to the Register.

In response, Jindal said his policies — such as a lower, flatter tax code, energy independence, school choice, and health care reforms that would bring down the cost of health care — would all help the middle class.

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Throughout his 30-minute speech in Vinton, Jindal returned often to Clinton, equating her would-be presidency to a third term of the Obama administration.

The governor’s criticism wasn’t solely focused on the Democratic candidates. Telling the receptive crowd that the founding fathers never imagined a “permanent political class,” he railed against Republicans in Washington who haven’t fulfilled their campaign promises.

“We can’t just send any Republican to the White House,” he said. “We have to send somebody who will do and say the things they’re not supposed to say and do. We’ll take on the establishment of both parties.”

Jindal repeated the message in his second stop, a town hall meeting in Marion.

“If we don’t take action now, there may be a day … where this country, the greatest country in the history of the world, goes so far that it would be impossible to come back,” Jindal told the crowd.

That moment when this country is “done,” Jindal said, is when Clinton is elected.

In Vinton, attendees interviewed afterward said they liked Jindal’s emphasis on his experience as governor and his calls to not attack the other Republican candidates.

“I like what he’s done in Louisiana. … He’s done a lot for that state, and we need to do that for the country,” said Ruth Shafbuch of Dysart.

Shafbuch also expressed her approval of Jindal’s call for Republican Party unity.

“We’re all in this together and need to work for taking our country back and making it a better place to live for all of us,” she said.

“I liked his speech,” said Tom Weiss of Vinton, who rates Jindal in his top four, along with Ted Cruz, Rand Paul and Carly Fiorina. “He really shouldn’t be complaining about other Republicans, so I liked that idea.”

In Marion, people were receptive to Jindal’s urgent tone.

“I think he’s very good. He says a lot of things that people want to hear. And I agree with most of them,” said Al Blofield, 69, of Marion.

“We do need to take America back. We’ve gone too long with the type of government we’ve got now, and it’s not working,” he said.At the events

SETTING: A Pizza Ranch in Vinton; town hall meeting at the Prairie Oak Lodge in Marion.

CROWD: About 25 in Vinton; about 150 in Marion.

RECEPTION: The group gave Jindal scattered, polite applause and nods of approval throughout his speech in Vinton. In Marion, the crowd was enthusiastic, interrupting many times throughout with applause, laughter and nods of agreement.

WHAT’S NEXT: Jindal will hold another lunch meet and greet in a Pizza Ranch, this time at noon Tuesday in Muscatine. He will then attend another town hall meeting, in Iowa City at 6 p.m.