Republican Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa at a Saturday rally received endorsement for reelection from the former guy.
Yeah, OK.
Said the former guy (TFG):
“We have with us tonight a great American patriot, a man who truly loves Iowa — loves Iowa”.
“He’s a young – very young guy. He’s strong. And he’s very handsome. He fights like no other. When I’ve needed him for help he was always there”.
“I’m thrilled to announce tonight that Senator Chuck Grassley has my complete and total endorsement for reelection”.
Grassley’s response to the endorsement, with TFG standing beside him:
“I was born at night, but not last night. So if I didn’t accept the endorsement of a person that’s got 91% of the Republican voters in Iowa, I wouldn’t be too smart. I’m smart enough to accept that endorsement”.
Grassley then exited, stage right. (Smirking, probably, but I really don’t know because I wasn’t there. However… he’s played with this guy before, way back).
Note: Farmer Grassley does have a Republican primary challenger – state Senator Jim Carlin, “a Trump-backing, far-right legislator who has echoed Trump’s messaging on elections and other topics since getting into the race”. But Carlin’s campaign has struggled to launch. He’s raised little money and doesn’t have much public backing from key public officials or major activists.
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Posted here (WayBack) 2018.10.01
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Millionaire Grassley Wants In On Trump’s $12 Billion Farm Bailout
Earlier this year, Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) supported Donald Trump’s $12 billion bailout for U.S. farmers – enacted to cover the damage by China’s retaliatory tariffs after Trump imposed tariffs on Chinese imports.
Said Grassley, “the Trump administration had a ‘responsibility to help’”.
Now, the millionaire senator is applying for those same bailout funds for his own 750-acre Iowa farm.
On the other hand, “Bailout money isn’t being provided to other industries impacted by the trade war. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has already cut some 7,800 checks worth a total of $25 million for farmers, many in the swing states of the Midwest that voted for Trump in 2016”.
