Because Iowa is my home and this is our country, and both are worth fighting for. There's so much work to do both for Iowa and our democracy. When 1/6 happened, it changed America and it changed me.
Abby Finkenauer: “Because Iowa is my home and this is our country, and both are worth fighting for. There's so much work to do both for…”
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Finkenauer explains her motivation for running for the Senate, emphasizing the importance of democracy and her home state.
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It is about having somebody who is going to step up for the health care, who is going to fight for lower prescription drug prices, who is actually going to have the backs of their family again.
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…
This election is so much bigger than Senator Grassley. Again, it's about our democracy. It's about making sure that we have folks who believe in the truth and are going to stand up and defend it.
We will defeat him. Because again, you do not get to talk about democracy in the way that he has, you do not get to subvert it the way that he has, and at the same time, decide that you’re just going to keep getting reelected.





