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The MeidasTouch Podcast

Iowa State Senator Zach Wahls Announces US Senate Run

The MeidasTouch Podcast

MeidasTouch Network

News, Politics

4.956.4K Ratings

🗓️ 11 June 2025

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on the growing backlash against Trump’s policies in Iowa and Meiselas interviews Iowa State Senator Zachary Wahls who announces he will be running for the United States Senate in Iowa against Iowa’s MAGA Senator Joni Ernst who has grown deeply unpopular in the state. Remember to subscribe to ALL the MeidasTouch Network Podcasts: MeidasTouch: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/meidastouch-podcast Legal AF: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/legal-af MissTrial: https://meidasnews.com/tag/miss-trial The PoliticsGirl Podcast: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-politicsgirl-podcast The Influence Continuum: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-influence-continuum-with-dr-steven-hassan Mea Culpa with Michael Cohen: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/mea-culpa-with-michael-cohen The Weekend Show: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/the-weekend-show Burn the Boats: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/burn-the-boats Majority 54: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/majority-54 Political Beatdown: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/political-beatdown On Democracy with FP Wellman: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/on-democracy-with-fpwellman Uncovered: https://www.meidastouch.com/tag/maga-uncovered Coalition of the Sane: https://meidasnews.com/tag/coalition-of-the-sane Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:31.0

iowa right now and you may say iowa yes iowa i think iowa as it's been in elections, there's a reason why it's at the start,

0:39.7

you know, could be a bellwether, I think, to determine if there's going to be a blue wave,

0:45.3

if we're going to be able to hold Donald Trump accountable, if democracy is going to prevail in Iowa.

0:52.1

We've been seeing some interesting signs there as well, like their Maga Republican senator.

0:57.0

Of course, you've all seen this one.

0:59.2

Joni Ernst getting booed when she was basically saying to everybody, whatever, who cares

1:05.3

if this budget bill is going to take away health care from 15 million people and take away

1:10.3

food stamps and take away rental

1:12.9

assistance and attack women's reproductive rights whatever we're all going to die anyway you'll

1:17.6

remember this clip let's play it so people are not well we all are going to die

1:25.1

you know when the people in Iowa are pissed I mean you're hearing reaction Well, we all are going to die.

1:33.9

You know, when the people in Iowa are pissed, I mean, you're hearing reactions like this.

1:39.6

There's this, a lot of people are saying, look, it was incredibly rude and disrespectful that she would say that.

1:46.6

But then she goes to a cemetery and then just mocks us all and then says, well, you better believe in Jesus Christ because that's the only way you're going to get salvation because you're going to

1:50.6

die in a cemetery. People are like, what the hell is this? Here's an example of some of the voters

1:56.0

in Iowa. Let's play this first voter. It was rude and it was very uncouth and there was no compassion in her statement

2:03.5

whatsoever. But when she saw what Ernst called a sincere apology on Saturday, I made an incorrect

2:12.1

assumption that everyone in the auditorium understood that, yes, we are all going to perish from this earth.

2:24.0

So I apologize.

2:26.6

Pierce was irate.

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