Politics
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Contrary To GOP Ads, Miller-Meeks Was Who Advocated For Less Meat Consumption
One of the Republican criticisms of the Green New Deal is it encourages eating more vegetables at the expense of meat in order to reduce pollution, which they argue will harm livestock producers. Republican ads against Rita Hart, a farmer in Eastern Iowa, have seized on this narrative, but state Sen. Mariannette Miller-Meeks actually is…
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Contrary To GOP Ads, Miller-Meeks Was Who Advocated For Less Meat Consumption
One of the Republican criticisms of the Green New Deal is it encourages eating more vegetables at the expense of meat in order to reduce pollution, which they argue will harm livestock producers. Republican ads against Rita Hart, a farmer in Eastern Iowa, have seized on this narrative, but state Sen. Mariannette Miller-Meeks actually is…
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GOP Ads In Iowa, Kansas Senate Races Feature The Same People
Two conservative super PACs are running ads against Democratic Senate candidates in Iowa and Kansas using the same people purporting to be concerned about the policy implications of electing Democrats in states they do not live in. In Iowa, Senate Leadership Fund is running a TV ad called “Struggling,” featuring a woman telling voters “the Theresa…
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GOP Ads In Iowa, Kansas Senate Races Feature The Same People
Two conservative super PACs are running ads against Democratic Senate candidates in Iowa and Kansas using the same people purporting to be concerned about the policy implications of electing Democrats in states they do not live in. In Iowa, Senate Leadership Fund is running a TV ad called “Struggling,” featuring a woman telling voters “the Theresa…
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GOP Ads In Iowa, Kansas Senate Races Feature The Same People
Two conservative super PACs are running ads against Democratic Senate candidates in Iowa and Kansas using the same people purporting to be concerned about the policy implications of electing Democrats in states they do not live in. In Iowa, Senate Leadership Fund is running a TV ad called “Struggling,” featuring a woman telling voters “the Theresa…
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Ernst Was Why Domestic Violence Bill Didn’t Pass, Among Other Failures
Sen. Joni Ernst in August released a TV ad focused on the Violence Against Women Act and how her personal experiences with sexual and domestic abuse made the fight to reauthorize the bill’s funding “ very personal.” Part of her closing ad talks about ensuring women don’t have to go through the domestic abuse she…
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Ernst Was Why Domestic Violence Bill Didn’t Pass, Among Other Failures
Sen. Joni Ernst in August released a TV ad focused on the Violence Against Women Act and how her personal experiences with sexual and domestic abuse made the fight to reauthorize the bill’s funding “ very personal.” Part of her closing ad talks about ensuring women don’t have to go through the domestic abuse she…
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Joni Ernst Chooses To Close Out Campaign Ugly
If there’s one surefire way to tell if an Iowa Republican is worried they’re about to lose an election, it’s this: they start running race-baiting ads. That’s exactly where Sen. Joni Ernst finds herself as we close in on the final week of the campaign. After making an absurd series of lies about Theresa Greenfield…
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Greenfield Pitches ‘Pragmatic, Scrappy Farm Girl’ In Key Iowa Counties
Instead of handshakes, there were elbow bumps. Rather than town hall meetings and rallies, small groups gathered on their own turf: on a farm, a union hall, a local restaurant. For Democrats, campaigning amid the coronavirus pandemic means meeting people where they are. Theresa Greenfield saw Iowans in their element on Thursday as she visited…
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Greenfield Pitches ‘Pragmatic, Scrappy Farm Girl’ In Key Iowa Counties
Instead of handshakes, there were elbow bumps. Rather than town hall meetings and rallies, small groups gathered on their own turf: on a farm, a union hall, a local restaurant. For Democrats, campaigning amid the coronavirus pandemic means meeting people where they are. Theresa Greenfield saw Iowans in their element on Thursday as she visited…
