Retired vice admiral hopes to unseat Iowa's Ernst

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Source: Navy Times

SIOUX CITY, Iowa — Another Iowa Democrat has entered the primary race to unseat Republican U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst.

Mike Franken said in an introductory video Monday that he’s “not afraid to stand up for the proud progressive principles that Iowa Democrats share.”

Franken retired from the U.S. Navy as a three-star admiral in October 2017.

His career included ship commands and years spent in policy, strategy, and planning roles for the Defense Department.

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Read more: https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2019/08/26/retired-vice-admiral-hopes-to-unseat-iowas-ernst/

[rockfordfile]

1. good

[mountain grammy]

2. Hoping for a good primary

and hope they pick a winner. Come on Iowa!

[madaboutharry]

3. Joni Ernst must be defeated.

She is an idiot.

Joni Ernst’s position on Climate Change: “I haven’t seen proven proof.”

[napi21]

4. Abybody know if Military Officers mean a lot of respect in Iowa? I know Ernst was in the Military,

but she wasn't an Admiral! I'd LOVE to see him kick her back to the pig farm.

[slumcamper]

5. Pandering to anything military-related plays well in Iowa

Case in point: Chuck Grassley has made it his career mission to ceremoniously bestow various medals on WWII and Korean War veterans whose descendants claim they were slighted. Great media fanfare surrounds these event, announced in advance. Hundreds of friends, neighbors, and community members gather to witness these spectacles, as Grassley lionizes himself in the process.

Playing the military card is part of Grassley's con game, and it's also being played by Ernst.

[napi21]

8. Then an Admiral might just win! nt

[Harker]

7. Tom Harkin was a Navy Commander.

I think he served both Iowa and the nation admirably.

[sandensea]

6. In a fair fight, Adm. Franken would certainly win

But my guess is that Reynolds will find a way to cheat him.

Maybe she'll borrow Georgia's and Florida's voting (fraud) machines.

[Yeehah]

9. Will honor-less republican scum revive Purple Heart bandaids?

To smear another honorable veteran?

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