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47of74

(18,470 posts) Wed Jun 12, 2019, 08:41 PM Jun 2019

Sen Feenstra drops committee chairmanship to focus on primarying King [View all]

Interesting

A Republican state senator who is challenging U.S. Rep. Steve King for the GOP nomination in Iowa's 4th Congressional District says he's stepping down as chairman of the Senate Ways and Means Committee.

Sen. Randy Feenstra said Wednesday he wants to spend more time on his congressional campaign.

Feenstra, a former candy company sales manager, is among several people expected to seek the GOP nomination. He opposes abortion rights, supports expansion of gun rights and backs voter identification efforts.

King's son Jeff King has called Feenstra's run misguided political opportunism.

Should we get popcorn ready for this contest since it'll probably be a bunch of guys trying to out brown shirt each other?

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Sen Feenstra drops committee chairmanship to focus on primarying King [View all] 47of74 Jun 2019 OP

I heard that he's holding fund raisers outside of his district for his campaign. progressoid Jun 2019 #1

Would he be running on the kinder, gentler Nazi theme? 47of74 Jun 2019 #2

Yeah, basically that's about it. progressoid Jun 2019 #3

Feenstra's claim to fame is as a big time tax cutter rurallib Jun 2019 #4