.MaddowBlog: It's quite a bargain Chuck Grassley struck: In exchange for votes, the Iowan will sing the praises of the former president.
More interesting was the broader political context. The Associated PressRepublican Sen. Charles Grassley and Gov. Kim Reynolds embraced Donald Trump's return to Iowa on Saturday, standing by the former president as he repeated his false claims of voter fraud and a stolen election to a crowd of thousands.
When the AP asked Grassley and Reynolds whether they agreed with the former president's anti-election rhetoric, including Trump's In other words, Iowa's senior senator knows Trump lied. He also knows the corrosive effects and dangerous consequences those lies can have. But Grassley is willing to play along anyway.that the longtime GOP incumbent has his"complete and total endorsement."
In other words, Iowa Republicans like the failed former president; Grassley wants the votes of Iowa Republicans; so the senator is prioritizing his own interests — with little regard for propriety.added that the most important takeaway from Saturday night was the support the former president received, not from the crowd, but from Grassley, Reynolds, Iowa U.S. Reps. Mariannette Miller-Meeks and Ashley Hinson, former acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker, and Iowa GOP Chair Jeff Kaufmann.
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