Warren campaigning for Wahls last week - story about a scurrilous Hinson

I saw this story on iowacapitaldispatch.com today and had to pass it on. Iowans have no idea how scurrilous Ashley Hinson is:

"Wahls said the issue he shared with Warren in 2019 was closely tied with his run for the U.S. Senate in 2026. The Iowa senator representing Coralville said he worked on a bill in 2019 at the state Legislature to provide protections for mobile home owners after hearing from constituents impacted by the price spikes in his community. He said the Senate passed a bill on the issue unanimously. But when the proposal was sent to the Iowa House, he said, it stalled.

“Everyone thought it was a done deal, and then I got a text message asking me to a closed-door meeting about my bill, and I will never forget walking into that room,” Wahls said. “The first person I saw was the lobbyist for the big companies, and he’s smirking at me. The second person I saw sitting next to him was a state representative holding my bill, shaking her head. That state representative is now a member of Congress, and she is my Republican opponent in November, Ashley Hinson.”

Hinson, the U.S. representative in Iowa’s 2nd District, is considered the frontrunner to become the GOP Senate nominee in the 2026 election. She has a fundraising lead and endorsements from prominent Republicans including President Donald Trump and U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst, whose seat Hinson aims to fill. Hinson also recently brought national support to Iowa for her campaign as U.S. Senate Majority Leader John Thune held an event with her in Des Moines Friday touting support for GOP economic policies in the 2025 “One Big, Beautiful Bill” Act.

Wahls said “what made me the angriest” about Hinson’s involvement in the mobile home owner bill was that the campaign funding she received from this lobbyist and affiliates was $1,500, but added, “you will never guess who wrote some of the biggest checks for her campaign for the U.S. House, or who is funding her campaign right now.”

“Is one of the things that this campaign is about, ending the political career of the woman who sold out us for $1,500? You’re damn right it is,” Wahls said."

https://iowacapitaldispatch.com/2026/05/10/sen-elizabeth-warren-rallies-for-zach-wahls-senate-campaign-in-des-moines/?utm_source=newsletters.iowacapitaldispatch.com&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=governor-signs-animal-torture-bill&_bhlid=aa5c60a1e239bd2c174cae6858454fbf436c1108