2 results for tag: Dave Loebsack

Iowa GOP chair calls on Loebsack to denounce shameful Labor Day comments

DES MOINES—During a Labor Day event yesterday in Iowa City, local Federation of Labor president Jesse Case uttered a disparaging, boorish and sexist comment about Dr. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, the GOP nominee in Iowa's Second District. Democrat Rep. Dave Loebsack, her opponent, apparently stood by and said nothing at his hometown event. "Loebsack's opponent and the Koch brothers can kiss our ass," Case said, according to John Deeth, a Democratic blogger. "There is no place in civil political discourse for the hateful rhetoric used by Loebsack's union boss buddy. Congressman Dave Loebsack should immediately denounce it and apologize to Dr. ...

Iowa GOP chair Kaufmann statement on 2nd District IPTV debate

WILTON, Iowa—Republican Party of Iowa chairman Jeff Kaufmann issued the following statement on tonight's IPTV debate between 2nd District GOP nominee Dr. Mariannette Miller-Meeks and Dave Loebsack. "After watching the first debate in Iowa's Second Congressional District, Iowans saw Dr. Mariannette Miller-Meeks' competence, deep knowledge on health care and military issues, and specific solutions to reign in Washington, D.C.-dysfunction," said Kaufmann, a seventh-generation ​livestock farmer and community college professor from Wilton. "Southeastern Iowans have clear choice in this election. I'm voting for Dr. Miller-Meeks, an independent ...