After Ernst Repeatedly Defended Failed COVID-19 Response, Trump “Admits to Concealing the True Threat of Coronavirus”
Ernst Has Left Iowans More Vulnerable by Downplaying the Crisis Since Day One, Opposing Critical Health and Economic Relief After Senator Joni Ernst devoted months to downplaying the coronavirus and ardently defending the GOP’s disastrous federal response to the pandemic, new audio recordings released by CNN reveal President Trump admitting that he purposely misled the […]
Young Can’t Run From Record of Taking Away Iowans’ Health Care
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, September 8, 2020 CONTACT: press@iowademocrats.org David Young Can’t Run From His Record of Voting to Take Away Iowans’ Health Care Young hides behind GOP party bosses in a desperate attempt to avoid his anti-worker record DES MOINES — Rejected Congressman David Young is getting increasingly desperate and sexist as he tries […]
NEW VIDEO: Iowa Medical Experts, U.S. Surgeon General Condemn Ernst’s COVID-19 Conspiracy Theories
Frontline Health Care Workers Blast Senator Ernst for “Insulting Their Lifesaving COVID-19 Sacrifice,” Giving “Free Room for the Deniers to Act Recklessly” Today, the Iowa Democratic Party released a new video featuring Iowa health care heroes and the U.S. Surgeon General, among other leading medical experts, sharply condemning Senator Joni Ernst’s “insulting” and “dangerous” conspiracy […]
Hinson’s Out-Of-Touch Solution for Family Leave: Take It Out Of 401K
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, September 8, 2020 CONTACT: press@iowademocrats.org Ashley Hinson’s Out-Of-Touch Solution for Family & Medical Leave: Take It Out Of Your 401K Hinson’s anti-worker agenda on full display when she told struggling Iowa families to “borrow from their 401k” for family and medical leave DES MOINES — State Rep. Ashley Hinson has a […]
IA-01 Debate Highlights: Finkenauer Fights for Iowans
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, September 8, 2020 CONTACT: press@iowademocrats.org IA-01 Debate Highlights: Finkenauer Fights for Unions, Higher Wages, COVID-19 Relief While Finkenauer spent the Labor Day debate fighting for working Iowans, Hinson tried to hide from her extreme anti-worker voting record and rubber stamp agenda for the DC GOP DES MOINES — Yesterday, Congresswoman Abby […]
Iowa Democratic Party Statement on Labor Day 2020
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, September 7, 2020 CONTACT: press@iowademocrats.org Iowa Democratic Party Statement on Labor Day 2020 DES MOINES — Iowa Democratic Party Chair Mark Smith released the following statement on Labor Day 2020: “Organized labor is the backbone of our nation’s workforce.This year, as workers simultaneously live through a global pandemic and historic recession, […]
Iowa Dems Dispatch: Highlights from the Hawkeye State
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, September 4, 2020 CONTACT: press@iowademocrats.org Iowa Dems Dispatch: Highlights from the Hawkeye State Iowa Democrats spent the week fighting for the issues that matter most: health care, the ag industry, USPS, and more DES MOINES — In a week riddled with another dramatic uptick in coronavirus cases and conspiracy theories peddled […]
Statement by Vice Admiral Michael Franken on The Atlantic Report of President Trump Attacking the Sacrifice of U.S. Service Members
“The failure of Senator Joni Ernst and other Iowa Republicans to condemn these shameful statements is utterly disqualifying and must not stand.” Following a disturbing report by The Atlantic of President Donald Trump repeatedly disparaging fallen American soldiers and wounded veterans as “losers” and “suckers” and refusing to honor their sacrifice, retired Navy Vice Admiral […]
August Jobs Report Shows Hiring Slows In Trump’s Historic Recession
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, September 4, 2020 CONTACT: press@iowademocrats.org August Jobs Report Shows Hiring Slows, Economy Stalling In Trump’s Historic Recession Trump’s disastrous mishandling of COVID-19 led to the worst recession since the Great Depression, Iowa workers are still struggling DES MOINES — The August job report, released this morning, shows that the brunt of […]
10 Damning Quotes on Senator Ernst’s “Insulting” Conspiracy Theories Spreading “Mistruths and Distrust”
After a week of brutal statewide and national headlines and rebuke from Iowa medical experts, Senator Joni Ernst’s conspiracy theory scandal shows no signs of going away. Nonpartisan analysis and fact checks have raked Senator Ernst over the coals for perpetuating categorically false lies that health care professionals are purposely inflating COVID-19 data for profit. […]