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bulwark. Today I have Iowa Democratic State rep Josh Turrick here with me. He is a Paralympian,

and he is now running for U.S. Senate in the state, hoping to flip Joni Ernst's seat. Josh,

thanks for being here. Absolutely. Thanks for having me.

I appreciate it.

Yeah.

So I reached out to you because I wanted to chat about this Iowa special election that

happened on Tuesday.

The Democrat in the race, Caitlin Dre, flipped a state Senate seat.

I believe she flipped it by about 10 points. And this is a pretty

conservative district that Trump won by about 11 points in 2024. So it's a big deal in part

because with her and the Senate now, Iowa Republicans will no longer have a two-thirds majority.

So I guess my question for you is, how much do you think this

election on Tuesday was a rebuke of Trump and the GOP? Or is it just kind of hard to read into

some of these special election results? I absolutely believe that this is Iowa in Iowaans waking up

to the faux populism of Donald Trump. And

Joni Ernst, this is not a mistake here that has happened or just a one-off. This is now the

fourth special election that we have won now during Donald Trump's terms. And I keep saying over and over

and over, I am feeling an amazing energy all across the state, both in the rural areas, in the urban

areas. We're getting turnouts that we have not seen. And Iowa is at its essence. I know on the coast,

a lot of people see us as deeply red. And we

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