Iowa students, walking out of school to protest gun violence following the Perry school shooting, are starting to filter into the Iowa Capitol:
desmoinesregister.com/story/news/edu…
Hawley, asked today if he'd support McConnell as maj. leader if GOP retakes Senate: "I don't imagine I will, no. ... I'm not sure if any other senator will run or not. Nobody's indicated they would. But my view is that we need new leadership in that position." #mosen
In 10 years when you visit Columbia every storefront will be a Silverball affiliate, everyone will be wearing Silverball merch and the town will be renamed Silverball
Trump event here in Cedar Rapids filling up. He just finished speaking in Waterloo. Sizzle reel playing, highlighting DeSantis praising Trump admin’s immigration proposals.
MO Sec. of State Jay Ashcroft sends a letter to U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt, urging him to stop legislation enshrining same-sex marriage protections in federal law. Blunt was one of 12 Republicans to vote in favor. Ashcroft includes a handwritten note. #molegsos.mo.gov/CMSImages/News…
Citing Covid, DHS just announced enforcement of the REAL ID travel requirement for boarding flights in the U.S. has been delayed yet again—this time an additional two years until 2025. The REAL ID Act was passed by Congress in 2005 and originally intended to be in effect by 2008.
U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley is here. "It's been an extraordinary year." Biggest applause lines of his remarks - the overturning of Roe & going after Wash U's trans health center after his office launched an investigation this week. #moleg#mosen
MO lawmakers pushing bans on gender-affirming care have touted alleged abuse/mistreatment in the care. I asked two of them sponsoring versions of the ban whether they'd spoken to any MO families who say they've experienced that. They have not. #moleg
VP Kamala Harris has landed in Des Moines - her second visit to Iowa since becoming VP. Set to head to an abortion rights roundtable with almost the entire '24 GOP field coming tonight for the Lincoln Dinner.