REPUBLICAN SENATOR GRASSLEY GETS EARFUL AT TOWNHALL MEETING IN IOWA OVER GUN CONTROL
To be sure, 20 people at one townhall meeting is only a microcosm of the total mood in Iowa, and the country. But this one meeting is something worth paying attention to to see if it repeats itself elsewhere in the county.
There is no question Grassley is safe in his Senate seat, but if this is more than a microcosm, it could be a bigger problem for the Republicans come November. Although I will repeat, the economy remains the number one issue.
I checked several sources on what really happened at the meeting. You cannot trust just one post. Last week Fox News did a story to paint Beto O'Rourke as having been forced out of a meeting in Uvalde by the mayor. When I checked the story with other sources Fox News left out the mayor was told to sit down and let him [Beto] speak.
"Several audience members pressed Grassley multiple times over what new gun safety measures he’d be open to supporting, but Grassley repeatedly avoided committing to supporting or opposing any particular idea.
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One man suggested banning the sale of AR-15 rifles, which he described as “they’re there to kill people.” Grassley noted that there’s over 15 million AR-15s already out in the country (the number may be closer to 20 million).
[editor's note. yes once the bad guys are armed, what is the point of doing anything?]
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“You’re still going to have AR-15s even if you stop selling them right now,” Grassley said.
“The answer is not to do nothing!” one woman in the back of the room yelled in response."
THE PART EVERY ELECTED OFFICIAL SHOULD HEAR
"Near the end of the forum, Max Hilton, 64, a general contractor who lives in North Liberty, pressed Grassley on the overall lack of action Iowans are seeing in DC and the growing danger from a stalemate.
“Nothing’s progressed I’d say for 40 years. We’ve been in stasis,” Hilton said to Grassley. “We haven’t fixed guns. We haven’t fixed drugs. We haven’t fixed social injustice. We haven’t fixed the immigration system. I’m not indicting you personally, I’m indicting the whole group.”
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