DES MOINES -- Republican Party of Iowa Chairman Jeff Kaufmann released the following statement regarding tonight’s Democratic debate in Des Moines:

“Socialist Sanders has taken over the Democratic party, and now his opponents are trying to chase him down here in Iowa. But Iowans don’t support the extreme policies of Sanders, AOC, and the Socialist Squad -- if they had it their way, nearly two million Iowans would be stripped of their health care plans, and the USMCA wouldn’t exist. Iowans reject the out-of-touch agenda of the left, which would bankrupt families and businesses and leave America’s heartland behind. It is increasingly clear there are no moderates left in the race, and Americans cannot afford the Democrats’ radicalism.”

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