Rep. Dave Jacoby (D-Coralville), ranking member of the House Ways and Means Committee was a guest on the program this week alongside Sen. Dan Dawson (R-Council Bluffs), chair of the Senate Ways and Means Committee.
I consider it breaking news that Iowa Press had a Democrat on as a guest. It would be only the third time this year we have seen a Democrat on the program. Republicans however, have been guests five times. And for four of those five Republican appearances, they were the only guest on the program. This week was the first time this year a Republican had to share time with a Democrat. Only twice in 2024 has a Democrat been the only guest on the show, Pam Jochum and Jennifer Konfrst, Senate and House minority leaders, respectively. As I have written previously, last year the Democrat-Republican split was heavily lopsided, favoring Rs over Ds 17-9.
Also, when was the last appearance by the only elected state wide Democrat, Rob Sand, who in other breaking news, according to the latest Iowa poll is viewed more favorably than Republican electeds. According to my review of programming, Rob Sand has not made an appearance on the show since 2022.
As Kay Henderson would say when asking a Democrat a question: Why?
Is the state auditor being ostracized by Iowa Press? Did the governor give Iowa Press the old “wouldn’t want to see anything happen to your nice little program?”
Maybe Reynolds wasn’t too happy about this? Just asking a question!
Watch Dave Jacoby deftly use Iowa Nice tactics to ever so politely push back on Republican terrible ideas.
Happy Friday, everyone!
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