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Abby Finkenauer: He’s not the guy I remember watching growing up. I grew up in Iowa, where we had Democrat, Tom Harkin, we had Republican…

On the recordAugust 13, 2021
He’s not the guy I remember watching growing up. I grew up in Iowa, where we had Democrat, Tom Harkin, we had Republican Chuck Grassley, and they’d go off to Washington and into the U.S. Senate. And you know, I wouldn’t agree with what everybody was doing. But you kind of knew, they still at least had Iowa’s back.
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Abby Finkenauer
Iowa
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msnbc.com

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Finkenauer reflects on her changing perception of Grassley and his recent actions.

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