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Ashley Hinson Finds Her Senate Campaign in “Damage Control” With Only 10 Days Until Election Day

Ashley Hinson Finds Her Senate Campaign in “Damage Control” With Only 10 Days Until Election Day

In This Week’s Edition of the Ashley Accountability Alert, Hinson Makes a “Jaw-Dropping,” “Tone Deaf” Plea for Gas Money for Her Campaign Bus While Iowans Across the State Call Her Out for Jacking Up Costs

DES MOINES – This week, Ashley Hinson blanketed headlines for all the wrong reasons with just 10 days until Election Day after begging Iowans – whose costs she voted to raise – to help donate “a little gas money for our bus” during a campaign stop as part of her bus tour.

Meanwhile, Iowa farmers and local leaders across Iowa slammed Hinson for driving up their costs by voting seven times to continue the war in Iran and five times to keep in place chaotic tariffs.

But that wasn’t even the worst of it as Hinson’s campaign stumbles into the final days before Election Day…

  • In an interview with NBC News, Hinson refused to acknowledge that Iowans are paying more than $6/gallon and $4/gallon for gas and diesel, repeatedly dodging questions asking her if she’s feeling the high cost of fuel on the campaign trail.
  • Next, local leaders in Sioux City joined each other ahead of  President Trump’s Iowa rally to boost a desperate Ashley Hinson to call Hinson’s votes raising costs.
  • KTIV: “Democratic State Representative JD Scholten, Democratic candidate for Woodbury County Supervisor Jody House, and community leaders gathered to discuss high gas prices and to protest Ashley Hinson’s support of President Donald Trump.

See What Iowans Were Seeing and Reading This Week: 

Huffpost: GOP Senate candidate makes jaw-dropping request of her supporters

  • Republican U.S. Senate candidate Rep. Ashley Hinson (Iowa) made a tone-deaf request to a group of supporters while stumping on the campaign trail this week.
  • Speaking in Fort Dodge on Wednesday, Hinson, who has voted five times against a War Powers Resolution to end the Iran war, implored her supporters to donate “gas money” for her campaign bus.

Newsweek: Ashley Hinson asks for gas money in Iowa Senate race against Josh Turek

  • Republican Iowa Senate candidate Ashley Hinson asked supporters to help provide “gas money” for her campaign bus this week, prompting Democratic opponent Josh Turek to seize on the remark as Iowa motorists and farmers contend with elevated fuel costs.
  • The exchange comes as fuel prices have become a prominent issue in the closing weeks of the Iowa Senate race.
  • AAA put Iowa’s average price for regular gasoline at about $4.14 a gallon Saturday, up from about $2.72 a year earlier. Diesel averaged about $6.07 a gallon, compared with roughly $3.43 one year earlier.

Raw Story: ‘Tone deaf’ Republican buried in mockery for plea to ‘give us a little gas money!’

  • Yet another Republican who voted to support President Donald Trump’s war in Iran has been caught imploring supporters to chip in gas money for their campaign bus.
  • Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-IA), currently running for Senate against Democrat Josh Turek, joins a list of several other Republicans who have made this request of their supporters, including Sens. Dan Sullivan (R-AK) and Susan Collins (R-ME), and Georgia Senate candidate Mike Collins.
  • Her comments were swiftly posted to X, where they became a target for mockery.

NBC News:

  • Tom Llamas, NBC News: I just saw a report that said you were asking your supporters for gas money for your bus.
  • Ashley Hinson (Clip): So I want you to channel that into action in getting your friends out to vote. Help give us a little gas money for our bus. Make sure we’re showing up at the polls because there is more to do.
  • Tom Llamas, NBC News: Is that how bad things are?
  • Ashley Hinson: No, […]a lot of Iowans who are being priced out of the American dream. I understand that. I am focused on how…
  • Tom Llamas, NBC News: Do you feel that on your campaign? I mean, you notice that the gas prices are high.
  • Ashley Hinson: I’m focused on these solutions driving down energy prices. That’s what we all want to do.

Huffpost: GOP candidate confronted about begging supporters for gas money and her answer says a lot

  • The Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Iowa, Ashley Hinson, was pressed during an interview with NBC News about a bizarre request she made to her supporters while breaking with President Donald Trump on a major issue.
  • Speaking with NBC News’ Tom Llamas on Wednesday, Hinson was asked about a recent statement she made requesting gas money from her supporters for the campaign’s bus.
  • It should be noted that Hinson has voted five times against a War Powers Resolution to end the Iran war.

Mediaite: GOP candidate pressed by NBC News about asking supporters for gas money

  • NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Llamas pressed Iowa GOP candidate for U.S. Senate, Rep. Ashley Hinson (R), about her request that supporters help out with gas money for her campaign bus.
  • Llamas asked about high gas prices under Donald Trump for a piece on Hinson and her opponent Josh Turek (D), who serves in the Iowa House.
  • “Gas has gone up I think about $1.50 since President Trump took office in his second term,” Llamas said. “More than $2.50 for diesel. How do you get Iowans to trust Republicans when the gas prices have been so high?” he asked Hinson.

Daily Beast: Trump’s Senate pick cornered on plea for gas money

  • A MAGA Senate candidate is in damage control mode after she asked supporters for gas money during a campaign event.
  • Rep. Ashley Hinson, a former broadcast journalist and Trump’s handpicked candidate for the Iowa Senate race, made the desperate request during a stop on her “Fighting for Iowa” bus tour ahead of the Nov. 3 election.
  • Hinson, who has repeatedly voted against a war powers resolution aimed at ending the war in Iran, was questioned about her plea by an NBC News reporter who asked her if things have truly gotten so bad that she has to solicit donations for gas.
  • Soaring gas prices have taken center stage in the Iowa Senate race.
  • According to an analysis from the Des Moines Register, Iowa in particular has been devastated by rising gas prices, as compared to other parts of the country. When the Iran war started, gas prices in Iowa were at $2.64, but now sit comfortably above $4 per gallon.
  • For diesel, which many buses run on, the price has surged to $6.17 per gallon.

KCCI: Farmers in Dallas County criticize Hinson’s agricultural policies

  • Farmers in Dallas County gathered in Van Meter to voice concerns about U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson’s record on agriculture, saying her policies have contributed to rising costs and market uncertainty.
  • Ryan Marquardt, Ellen Walsh-Roseman, and Seth Watkins said the policies Hinson has supported in the House have added to farmers’ financial pressures, and federal aid has not been enough to offset those challenges.
  • Watkins, a former Republican candidate for state senate who is now backing Democrat Josh Turek in this race, criticized Hinson’s approach to addressing Americans’ cost-of-living concerns.
  • “People voted the way they voted for their promise to lower grocery prices. They were promised cheaper eggs, cheaper fuel. We’re not doing anything to achieve that. And unfortunately, Congresswoman Hinson is not exercising her constitutional responsibility of holding our president accountable,” Watkins said.

KTIV: Protests precede President Trump’s rally in Sioux City

  • Ahead of President Trump’s rally at Sioux Gateway, local Iowa democratic leaders came together to discuss high gas and diesel prices in Iowa.
  • Democratic State Representative JD Scholten, Democratic candidate for Woodbury County Supervisor Jody House, and community leaders gathered to discuss high gas prices and to protest Ashley Hinson’s support of President Donald Trump.
  • They spoke about Hinson’s recent votes and expressed support for Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Josh Turek.

MeidasTouch News: Big Oil rewarded Ashley Hinson’s 7th consecutive vote for the Iran war with big donation

  • The oil and gas industry rewarded Iowa Republican U.S. Senate Candidate Ashley Hinson with corporate […] PAC donations totaling $20,000 for her seventh vote to prolong the Iran war, despite her constituents suffering under skyrocketing gas prices as a result.
  • Since that seventh vote to continue the war in Iran while Americans reel with the rising price of gas as a result, Hinson received $20,000 from the oil and gas industry, bringing her total big oil contributions to $62,000 since the war began in February.
  • MeidasTouch previously reported that Hinson has accepted over $217,000 in donations from oil and gas companies since the beginning of her time in Congress. Companies like Chevron and ExxonMobile have seen record profits since the start of the war, while the price of gas in Iowa has risen $1.55, or 60%.
  • What wasn’t reported, because we couldn’t have known at the time of publishing, was that in that same two-week period Hinson was busy raking in an additional $20,000 from big oil companies.

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