Hey campaigns! Hire good researchers. Spend the money. It’s worth it.
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Lauren Dillon retweeted
As an Iowan, I was taught that you don’t look the other way when something is wrong. Under Rob’s leadership, the Auditor’s office has uncovered record amounts of waste, fraud, and abuse. As State Auditor, I will fight every day to make sure we protect the people of Iowa and ask tough questions of anyone, regardless of party.
Amy Klobuchar refused to let this go, returning to it after questioning and calling on Eric Schmitt to apologize for his remarks about Jack Smith. “For a US senator to have false information and imply, based on a confusion about the name of a team — which I knew, knowing my Midwestern sports — and imply that you were in another city, that you were somehow involved that day in what was happening in Georgia, and then call you a dirtbag, is something that deserves an apology.”
Lauren Dillon retweeted
holy shit -- turns out Jack Smith went to a Hawkeyes game in Maryland but Schmitt's team is so reckless they concocted a conspiracy theory that Smith was actually in Atlanta seeing a Hawks game and colluding with Fani Willis. Klobuchar points out to Schmitt, "you have your teams wrong."
Lauren Dillon retweeted
NEW: @morningtake's fair take is tough news for Team Demuth. Klobuchar: 100 deep for photos. Demuth: never more than a dozen at the booth. Jensen pulled bigger crowds in 2022. 56 days to Election Day. #mngov
Lauren Dillon retweeted
Have you ever wondered what Minnesota State fair food most resembles our political candidates?
Check out BNB's take for the answers here!
@amyklobuchar @LisaDemuthMN @peggyflanagan @Michele_Tafoya @keithellison @MNSteveSimon @TinaSmithMN @realMikeLindell
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Lauren Dillon retweeted
News — Rep. Ashley Hinson’s husband ‘arranged’ a meeting between lobbyists and Iowa lawmakers — including his wife, according to documents reviewed by @washingtonsun
Hinson's husband, Matt Arenholz, held a government affairs post at a leading insurance industry lobbying group, a position that has been previously unreported.
The CEO of Independent Insurance Agents of Iowa said in a 2023 company magazine that "Matt was able to arrange a meeting with all four of our congressional members in one large conference room." In the same article, the CEO said he was "given several strange looks" when he told peers the group was able to meet with all six Iowa lawmakers during a trip to DC.
A PAC connected to the insurance group has contributed a total of more than $67,000 to Hinson’s campaign and PACs affiliated with the Iowa Republican.
More:
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Lauren Dillon retweeted
Iowa gov. candidate @RobSandIA (D) on opponent Zach Lahn (R): "It's more important for you to remember this over the next two-and-a-half months than any other one thing that you remember about him, so here it is: He's a human being."
Seems like @turek4iowa forgot that his district was held by a Democrat from 2015-2023…
Lauren Dillon retweeted
Congratulations to my former staffers, Lauren and Jordan! They met on my campaign, and now their son, Bear, has a little sister, Isla Louise Ann Hagert!
Lauren Dillon retweeted
Foreign steel in the White House? Are you kidding? We’ve got Iron Range mines shut down & 100’s @steelworkers laid off. Instead, they’re outsourcing one of the most iconic American buildings overseas! American steel built this country, it should build the White House too
Scoop: White House ballroom to be built with foreign steel
ArcelorMittal is donating tens of millions of dollars of steel made in Europe for the ballroom project
with @lukebroadwater
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Lauren Dillon retweeted
BREAKING: Trump blatantly gaslights his followers by saying that Obama “gave Iran the right to have a nuclear weapon at the highest level within a very short period of time! And I TERMINATED that agreement as soon as I came to office."
For those who deal with facts, Obama kept Iran from getting a nuclear weapon. Trump tore up the JCPOA agreement that Obama signed, which then allowed them to get closer to a nuclear weapon before he bombed them.
Lauren Dillon retweeted
Earlier today on Morning Joe, I raised the issue of affordability and how it’s impacting not just urban communities, but rural America as well.
Senator Zach Wahls of Iowa laid it out plainly. From rising tariffs to increasing costs on seed, fertilizer, and equipment, farmers are being squeezed from every direction. And with global tensions driving prices even higher, many are heading into a very difficult planting season.
Let’s be clear. Affordability is not a red state or blue state issue. It’s affecting families in New York just as much as it is in Des Moines and across rural America.
If we’re serious about economic justice, we must address the real cost burdens people are facing, not ignore them while pushing political distractions.
Lauren Dillon retweeted
When I was 8 years old, my mom Terry was diagnosed with MS. I remember how scary that was, especially knowing my Moms were treated differently because my family was not considered "normal."
I carry that feeling with me today, and that's why I fight so hard to help Iowa families.
Lauren Dillon retweeted
Cutting Medical Assistance to Minnesota isn’t about fraud. It’s about punishment aimed at our most vulnerable neighbors. Minnesotans have shown that they will respond with courage, community, and compassion. We always will.
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Iowa Senate Democratic Primary (Wahls internal)
Zach Wahls — 42%
Josh Turek — 24%
Not sure: 33%
GQR Research | 2/18-22 | 605 LV
zachwahls.com/gqr-memo
Lauren Dillon retweeted
Who does your laundry? #MNSenate
During halftime tonight, I’m going to do something I’ve never done before: fold laundry.
#SuperBowl