King, Mowrer Spar Debate in Contentious Debate

theiowarepublican.com ^ | Kevin Hall

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After watching the only debate between Fourth District Congressman Steve King and Democrat challenger Jim Mowrer, it is easy to see why King opted out of appearing with Mowrer at other venues, and even considered cancelling this one. King’s little-known opponent consistently attacked King during the hour-long event. (SNIP)

He correctly pointed out that Mowrer’s son would be covered under Hawk-I, an insurance plan for children established by the Iowa Legislature when Steve King was a state senator.

“By all measures that I can uncover, Mr. Mowrer’s children would be qualified for Hawk-I, so that exists, along with the high risk pool that we established. We buy down the premiums for preexisting conditions with state taxpayer dollars. I chaired the Iowa Senate State Government Committee that managed that program and that fund,” King said.

“But the important thing for people to remember is, Obamacare is a disaster,” he added.

It was interesting that Mowrer claimed he does not support Nancy Pelosi and he’s “got a lot of problems with” Obamacare. Mowrer is desperately trying to appear as a moderate, and like Democrats across the nation, he is running away from his party’s unpopular leadership and policies.

He even tried to tie Steve King to President Obama, a laughable notion considering Steve King is one of Obama’s chief critics in Congress.

“We’ve gone into Never Never Land in this debate. It’s completely ridiculous,” King retorted.