Governors who attacked the American Rescue Plan will get $55 billion from it

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By Josh Israel -March 26, 2021 11:10 AM

Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds is including her opposition in reelection messaging — but hasn't turned down her state's share of the money.

Iowa's Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds is highlighting her staunch opposition to the American Rescue Plan in her reelection campaign messaging as a way to attract potential supporters and obtain their contact information. But like other governors who have attacked President Joe Biden's $1.9 trillion pandemic relief plan, she has not turned down the huge financial infusion her state will receive from it.

"I stood alongside 21 other Republican Governors to OPPOSE President Biden's plan to use YOUR taxpayer dollars to bail out blue states like CA, NY, and IL," Reynolds tweeted on Thursday. "Will you sign your name alongside side mine to tell Biden you OPPOSE his blue state bailout?"

The tweet links to a petition that contains required fields for email addresses and phone numbers and the disclaimers "Paid for by the Kim Reynolds for Iowa Committee" and "By providing your phone number, you are consenting to receive calls and texts, including automated calls and texts, to that number."

Published with permission of The American Independent Foundation.

https://americanindependent.com/republican-governors-american-rescue-plan-55-billion-dollars-states/

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According to data from the Rockefeller Institute of Government think tank, Iowa receives more from the federal government than it sends to Washington, D.C., meaning Iowans are not actually bailing out anyone.

[abqtommy]

1. Let's just tell Kimmie that the check got lost in the mail!

[dhol82]

2. I second that thought!

[Grins]

3. If the Dems were organized...

They could use her words and blow her off her heels.

"I stood alongside 21 other Republican Governors to OPPOSE President Biden's plan to use YOUR taxpayer dollars to bail out blue states like CA, NY, and IL, SO I WILL REFUSE ANY FEDERAL MONEY SENT TO IOWA!”

Call her out. Loud and often. Those ‘soshilust’ Iowa farmers should hear this everyday.