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TexasTowelie

(116,501 posts) Sun Jan 14, 2018, 05:35 AM Jan 2018

Trump criticism dominates Chuck Grassley town meeting in rural Iowa

LOGAN, Ia. — U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley faced relentless questioning about President Donald Trump’s fitness for office and his own handling of the investigation into Russian election meddling at a rural town meeting here Friday morning.

Amid a smattering of questions about trucking regulations, homeopathic medicine and pension security, a steady stream of attendees pressed Grassley to defend his handling of the ongoing Russia investigation and to offer his views on Trump’s conduct on the job.

“Are you not personally concerned about his fitness to serve? If not, why not? Because I’m very concerned,” Mary Mikels, a retired 67-year-old from nearby Portsmouth, asked Grassley.

Grassley deflected that question, saying he wasn’t qualified to make a psychiatric assessment, but Mikels persisted.

Read more: https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2018/01/12/trump-shithole-criticism-dominates-chuck-grassley-town-meeting-rural-iowa/1029340001/

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Trump criticism dominates Chuck Grassley town meeting in rural Iowa (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jan 2018 OP

How much Scarsdale Jan 2018 #1

2 years ago right after Scalia died and Grassley obstructed. Then rurallib Jan 2018 #2

When I hear them say they're not qualified to make an assessment rpannier Jan 2018 #3

Scarsdale

(9,426 posts)

1. How much

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sun Jan 14, 2018, 07:35 AM

Jan 2018

Russian money has Grassley received? Surely, he can not be blackmailed, but BRIBED is another story. He is working hard to keep everything under wraps, secret.

rurallib

(63,156 posts)

2. 2 years ago right after Scalia died and Grassley obstructed. Then

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sun Jan 14, 2018, 07:56 AM

Jan 2018

his 99 county tour hit Muscatine and Muscatine hit him with both barrels.
Following that his tour took some strange and often shall we say much less travelled roads.

Grassley took to avoiding towns of any size shifting much of his tour to very small towns in the south and west part of the state.
One way he still makes his "99 county tour" while avoiding big cities is to meet with chambers of commerce or go to a manufacturing facility. He counts it and avoids actual voters.

His appearances used to be announced well in advance. Heck I used to get his newsletter and appearances would sometimes be announced a month ahead. Now sometimes an appearance is announced the night before.

Amazingly Logan is out in King country. Bet it raised a lot of eyebrows when a hostile crowd would show up out there.

rpannier

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3. When I hear them say they're not qualified to make an assessment

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Sun Jan 14, 2018, 07:58 AM

Jan 2018

They're not qualified for a lot of things, like being a responsible United States Senator, so why let that get in your way now

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