ICYMI: Ashley Hinson in “Damage Control” After Being Pressed About Voting to Hike Costs in Iowa After Asking Iowans to Help Donate Gas Money for Her Campaign Bus
Tom Llamas, NBC News: “I Just Saw a Report That Said You Were Asking Your Supporter for Gas Money for Your Bus? Is That How Bad Things Are? […] Do You Feel That on Your Campaign? I Mean, You Notice That the Gas Prices are High”
Huffpost: “GOP Candidate Confronted About Begging Supporters for Gas Money and Her Answer Says a Lot”
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DES MOINES – Ashley Hinson is making headlines after struggling to respond when pressed about begging Iowans at a campaign bus tour stop to help donate “a little gas money for our bus” amid record-high gas and diesel prices in Iowa.
In the 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.
Key context: Hinson cast her seventh vote to continue the war in Iran just weeks ago as it devastated Iowa with “record diesel prices,” “surg[ing]” gas costs, fertilizer prices “near peak levels,” and inflation higher than the national average. She has repeatedly defended the war in Iran and downplayed the impact on Iowans, calling it “out of sight, out of mind” as Iowans struggle to pay their bills. ” She has raked in hundreds of thousands of dollars from Big Oil, and now those companies are seeing record profits up to $14 billion from the Iran war.
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- 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.
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