IDP Condemns Ruling to Invalidate Absentee Ballot Requests
“This partisan lawsuit is a malicious, cowardly effort by the Republican Party to disenfranchise voters and subvert the voice of Iowans in November” Following today’s ruling in favor of a Linn County GOP lawsuit that would invalidate 50,000 absentee ballots, Iowa Democratic Party Chair Mark Smith released the following statement: “Today’s ruling undermines our fundamental […]
Trump Accepts Republican Nomination, Iowa COVID Cases Break Record
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, August 27, 2020 CONTACT: press@iowademocrats.org On The Day Donald Trump Accepts Republican Nomination, Iowa COVID Cases Break New Record and Unemployment Numbers Spike DES MOINES — As Trump prepares to accept the Republican nomination at the RNC tonight, the IDPH reported 1,475 new cases of coronavirus and 18 deaths in one […]
On International Television, Hinson Attacks ACA
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, August 27, 2020 CONTACT: press@iowademocrats.org On International Television, Hinson Attacks ACA, Continues to Dodge Questions on GOP-Backed Lawsuit to Rip Away Health Care DES MOINES — Back home in Iowa, Ashley Hinson has been dodging questions about the Republican lawsuit seeking to rip away the entire Affordable Care Act – including […]
IDP Response to Ernst’s Desperate Attempt at RNC to Run from Failed Ethanol Record
“The bottom line is that Ernst can’t run from her record of selling out our farmers to her Big Oil donors” After Senator Joni Ernst’s speech at tonight’s RNC Convention, where she tried to defend her harmful record of failing our farmers, Iowa Democratic Party spokesperson Jeremy Busch released the following statement: “Senator Ernst promised […]
Iowa GOP Bans Absentee Ballot Drop Boxes During Health Crisis
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, August 26, 2020 CONTACT: press@iowademocrats.org NEW REPORT: Iowa GOP Bans Absentee Ballot Drop Boxes During Health Crisis Latest move to suppress record-breaking turnout comes as Iowa GOP is working to disenfranchise mail-in voters – gutting postal delivery and suing county auditors to make voting more difficult DES MOINES — This morning, […]
Reynolds Praised Trump After He Denied Aid After Derecho
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, August 26, 2020 CONTACT: press@iowademocrats.org Reynolds Praised Trump After He Abandoned Iowans, Denied Aid in Hour of Need After Derecho Trump refused assistance to homeowners in 26 counties after the derecho, but last night Reynolds shamelessly praised him to score cheap political points DES MOINES — Last night during a display […]
IDP Releases Video Ahead of Ernst RNC Speech: “Party First”
Trailing with Swing Voters and Facing Fallout from her Base, Ernst Retreats to Mitch McConnell’s Playbook to Rewrite her Six Years of Hypocrisy and Partisan Games Ahead of Senator Joni Ernst’s partisan, divisive speech at tonight’s Republican National Convention, the Iowa Democratic Party released a new video, “Party First.” The video highlights key moments of […]
Iowa Democratic Party Statement on Women’s Equality Day
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, August 26, 2020 CONTACT: press@iowademocrats.org Iowa Democratic Party Statement on Women’s Equality Day DES MOINES — Iowa Democratic Party Vice-Chair June Owens released the following statement on the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment: “One hundred years ago today, after decades of struggle and sacrifice from activists, the 19th Amendment was […]
Iowa Democrats Call Out Trump’s Failed COVID-19 Response
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, August 25, 2020 CONTACT: press@iowademocrats.org Iowa Democrats Call Out Reynolds Playing Partisan Games by Praising Trump’s Failed COVID-19 Response Party Chair Mark Smith and State Treasurer Fitzgerald called out Trump and Reynolds’ ineffective agenda as COVID-19 spread threatens Iowans’ lives and livelihoods DES MOINES — On a press call ahead of […]
Does Ernst Agree With McConnell that Iowa Postal Workers are Pushing “Overblown Conspiracy Theories” on Cut Services?
While Ernst is Silent, Postal Workers Across Iowa are Demanding She Push for Critical USPS Relief For weeks, Senator Joni Ernst has silently stood behind the GOP’s cuts to the U.S. Postal Service and failed to condemn her party’s explicit effort to break our election system and disenfranchise voters. After the U.S. House passed $25 […]