Politics
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Grassley Dodges on Whether 2020 Election was “Honest” or “Cheated”
The first question Sen. Chuck Grassley faced at his opening public town hall forum of 2022 in Oelwein was whether, in his heart, he felt the 2020 presidential election was “honest” or “cheated.” “Biden was elected president, I said that on December 16th [2020] when the votes were counted and things of that nature, but…
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Finkenauer Rips Sinema as ‘Sell-Out’ For Stalling Progress in Senate
US Senate candidate and former-Rep. Abby Finkenauer called out US Sen. Kyrsten Sinema for getting in the way of Democrats’ ability to pass legislation on Thursday. “Now, we technically as Democrats have control of the U.S. Senate, but we’ve got a sellout in Krysten Sinema who is there for what reason I don’t know,” Finkenauer…
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Konfrst: Reynolds’ Divisive Ideas Won’t Bring People to Iowa
In tonight’s Condition of the State address, Gov. Kim Reynolds laid out her policy plans for the year, from deep tax cuts to educator training programs to filling workforce gaps. Jennifer Konfrst, Democratic minority leader in the Iowa House, said she needs a lot more detail about some of the governor’s plans before Democrats can…
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Business Reynolds Highlighted Closed for COVID
Gov. Kim Reynolds began her Condition of the State tonight with an inspiring story of a California couple who relocated to Iowa, bought a restaurant and built a new life here. Their resilience through the pandemic was used by Reynolds as an example of how Iowa kept its economy open while other states enacted safety…
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Democratic Candidates: Iowa Mental Health Care in ‘Crisis’
Iowa has a crisis for mental health care. That was the consensus of three Democratic candidates for statewide office. Thursday evening the National Association of Social Workers, Iowa Chapter and the Grand View University Social Work Club hosted a town hall for the candidates running for Iowa Governor and for the US Senate. Every candidate…
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Franken: Grassley Needs to Denounce ‘Big Lie,’ Commit To Investigations
Today marks the grim anniversary of rioters storming the United States Capitol to halt the democratic tradition of counting electoral votes and a peaceful transfer of power. The insurrectionists weren’t successful, but Senate candidate and retired admiral Michael Franken said the Jan. 6 coup attempt marks the death of innocence in America. “We’ve lost some…
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Ras Smith on his Campaign Exit and the Future of Iowa Democrats
Though he ended his campaign for governor Wednesday morning, Rep. Ras Smith, is ready to jump feet-first into the start of the legislative session next week. “For me this experience has been one that’s been eye-opening but it’s not discouraging. Disappointing but not discouraging,” Smith said in an interview with Starting Line. “I’m going into…
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GOP Quickly Shoots Down Senate Dems Legal Marijuana Proposal
Support for legalized marijuana is only getting higher in Iowa as Democratic legislators want to give voters the chance to make it happen. Iowa Senate Democrats announced Tuesday they will move to pass an amendment to the Iowa Constitution to regulate marijuana sales the way Iowa regulates alcohol. That would let Iowans directly voice their…
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Iowa GOP Candidate Says COVID ‘Was the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Our Country’
Nicole Hasso, a Republican candidate for Iowa’s 3rd Congressional District, said she thinks the pandemic was a good thing for the United States because of the increased political activism it caused. “When COVID hit, I think that was the best thing that ever happened to our country,” she told Breitbart News on Dec. 11. The…
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Grassley: Biden’s Border Policy Could Kill 1/4 of World’s Population
The day after Halloween, Sen. Chuck Grassley was spreading some fear of his own on Twitter. Grassley tweeted about the amount of fentanyl that had been seized at the US-Mexico border, claiming it was enough to kill more than a fourth of the world’s population. He blamed the success of Customs and Border Patrol in…
