GOP Candidates Avoiding Disastrous Health Care Records at All Costs
Republican Congressional Candidates are desperate to side-step their atrocious attacks on health care DES MOINES — With less than 100 days until the November election, GOP congressional candidates in all four of Iowa’s districts are desperate to avoid talking about the top issue on voters’ minds during a global pandemic: health care. As their attacks […]
IDP Statement on Signing of Voting Rights Executive Order
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wednesday, August 5, 2020 CONTACT: press@iowademocrats.org Iowa Democratic Party Statement on Signing of Voting Rights Executive Order DES MOINES — Iowa Democratic Party Chair Mark Smith released the following statement in response to Governor Reynolds signing a voting rights executive order today: “This order is long overdue news for the thousands of […]
New Round of Deere Layoffs as Ernst, GOP Hold Up Economic Relief
Senator Ernst Prioritizes Election-Year Politics as Jobless Benefits Expire, Businesses and Farms Face Unprecedented Hardships On Monday, Deere & Co. announced at least the fourth round of Iowa layoffs – nearly 600 jobs shed over the last year – as the company struggles under the “ripple effects” of the COVID-19 pandemic and the GOP’s haphazard […]
Reynolds Threatens Local School Districts At the Expense of Students
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tuesday, August 4, 2020 CONTACT: press@iowademocrats.org Attack on Iowa Schools: Reynolds Threatens Local School Districts At the Expense of Students, Teachers, and Families This morning, in the governor’s latest public health disaster, Reynolds plowed over local district control as she gave new ultimatums to schools moving towards online learning DES MOINES — […]
Reynolds’ COVID Failure: Approval Rating Nose-Dives to Worst in Nation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Monday, August 3, 2020 CONTACT: press@iowademocrats.org Reynolds’ Coronavirus Failure Exposed As New Approval Rating Nose-Dives to Worst in Nation As COVID-19 cases continue to surge to nearly 46,000 across Iowa, Reynolds’ approval rating plummets to 28% DES MOINES — A poll released over the weekend made it clear exactly how many Iowans […]
DEBUNKED: IDP Video Takes Apart Ernst’s False Ad On Her Failed COVID-19 Record Claim-By-Claim
As GOP Delays Critical Relief, New Video Sets the Record Straight on Ernst’s Failure to Fight for Working Families During COVID-19 Today, the Iowa Democratic Party released a new video, “Debunked” – breaking down the lies in Senator Joni Ernst’s new ad trying to cover up her failed response to the health and economic crisis. […]
Reynolds and Trump’s Reckless School Reopenings Endanger Students
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, July 31, 2020 CONTACT: press@iowademocrats.org Reynolds and Trump’s Reckless School Reopenings Endanger Students, Teachers, and Families Reynolds is following in lock-step with Trump’s rushed school reopenings without a mask mandate, putting students and teachers at risk DES MOINES — As Governor Reynolds moves forward with forced school reopenings that defy […]
Iowa Dems Dispatch: Highlights from the Hawkeye State
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Friday, July 31, 2020 CONTACT: press@iowademocrats.org Iowa Dems Dispatch: Highlights from the Hawkeye State Iowa Democrats had another exciting week full of legislative wins and fighting for the issues that matter most DES MOINES — With less than 100 days left until Election Day, Iowa Democrats continue to pick up momentum. This […]
Trump’s Tweet to Delay Election Is A Distraction From Economic Failure
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, July 30, 2020 CONTACT: press@iowademocrats.org Trump’s Tweet to Delay Election Just Another Distraction From His Total Economic Failure Iowa Republicans remain silent as Trump proposes delaying Election Day while 17.8 million Americans are out of work DES MOINES — President Trump’s empty threats to delay the election came on the same […]
Hinson Continues to Silently Support GOP Lawsuit to Strip Health Care
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, July 29, 2020 CONTACT: press@iowademocrats.org Hinson Continues to Silently Support GOP-Backed Lawsuit to Strip Health Care from Iowans Yesterday in an interview, Hinson refused to answer a direct question about protecting health care from the Republican lawsuit to deny coverage to over 277,000 Iowans DES MOINES — In a radio interview […]