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Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate, Mike Franken, speaks at a campaign stop in Willow Ridge on Saturday morning. Franken is playing against longtime U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley.
According to Webster County Superintendent Niki Conrad, Iowa’s unofficial motto is “Yes, of course, whatever you need.”
“How many times have you asked your neighbor for help?” Conrad asked. “And your neighbor says, ‘Yes, of course, of course, whatever you need,’ without even asking what it is.”
That’s what US Senate candidate Mike Franken is all about, she said.
“Whenever his community asked him for something, whenever his neighbor asked him for something, whenever his country asked him, he was unquestioning.” Yes, of course. Whatever you need, ‘” Conrad said. “And that’s the kind of person we need in the U.S. Senate.”
Franken, a retired U.S. Navy Vice Admiral and Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate, stopped by Willow Ridge on Saturday morning to meet with potential voters.
Franken told voters he wants “Be part of the solution” To lead to a brighter future.
“I think this country is in serious trouble.” Franken said. “There is a problem at the local, national and international level, so I want you to stop what you are doing and be part of the solution.”
The candidate said he believed it was time to fire Senator Chuck Grassley. Grassley is the Republican candidate for the Iowa Senate and is running for his eighth term as president.
“We don’t need senators for life, senators bought by special interests.” Franken said. “There was a time when it was crazy to speak out against Chuck Grassley…not today.”
One of the challenges facing Americans and Iowans is rising health care costs, says Franken. It’s a challenge Grassley contributed to, he added.
Earlier this year, Grassley voted against an insulin price cap for diabetics included in President Joe Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act.
“Why would you vote against a $35/month cap rate? Why would you?” Franken said. “It may not affect your privileged healthcare system, but there are 240,000 people with diabetes in Iowa. It could affect them.”
Franken also said what he said was a Republican plan to destroy Social Security and Medicare.
“If you don’t think Social Security and Medicare are on the cutting board, you’re wrong.” He said. “They want to privatize it, lower the return on investment, and slowly degrade it for the next generation.”
If rural hospitals lose Medicare funding, Franken said they will cease to exist.
“Cheers” He said.
Franken also said he wants Iowa to be known again as one of the best states for education.
“There was a time when we were the benchmark, the north star of academic performance.” Franken said. “It’s not so much these days…we’ve become pretty mundane.”
That trajectory could change with the election of lawmakers that put education at the forefront of the agenda, he said.
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