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GOP leaders pick Iowa governor for State of Union response
The Associated Press ^ | February 22, 2022 | By KEVIN FREKING

Posted on 02/22/2022 11:22:10 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer

WASHINGTON (AP) — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds will deliver the Republican response to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address on March 1, GOP congressional leaders announced Tuesday as they look outside Washington to appeal to voters in a midterm election year.

Reynolds is the 43rd governor of Iowa and has served since May of 2017. She was the first governor in the country to require schools to open for full-time in-person learning.

Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell praised her for fighting COVID-19 “without forgetting common sense.”

“The President and his team should take notes,” McConnell, R-Ky., said in a statement.

Reynolds pushed back against mask and vaccine mandates amid the coronavirus pandemic. She was chided by the Trump administration’s White House Coronavirus Task Force for ending mask mandates while Iowa was seeing a rapid increase in cases and deaths. Defying science, Reynolds sometimes spoke skeptically about the effectiveness of masks in halting the spread of the virus.

She has governed as a conservative supporting a ban on same-sex marriage. She was a vocal supporter of President Donald Trump, appearing at Iowa rallies, and said on a recent Iowa Public Television program that she expected he would endorse her when she formally announces plans for reelection.

(Excerpt) Read more at apnews.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: sotu
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1 posted on 02/22/2022 11:22:10 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

A RINO. Oh well, nobody will be listening anyway.


2 posted on 02/22/2022 11:23:11 AM PST by dforest (Freaking insane world. )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address on March 1

Why is America putting the senile puppet Sleepy Joe through all of this? Do you know how difficult it's going to be for Sleepy Joe to stay awake that late at night and read an hour-long State of the Union speech from his teleprompter? YIKES!


3 posted on 02/22/2022 11:26:56 AM PST by gw-ington (My preferred pronouns: she, him, it, what, huh, senile, puppet, hyena, headboard, stolen, election.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Expect it to be weak kneed and full of worthless rhetoric then.


4 posted on 02/22/2022 11:28:15 AM PST by Bullish (This is the most bloated and most inept govt in history.)
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To: dforest
nobody will be listening anyway

Do you remember Bobby Jindal's State of the Union response?

Good holy lord....

5 posted on 02/22/2022 11:29:26 AM PST by JonPreston (Q: Never have so many, been so wrong, so often)
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To: JonPreston

If anyone is still thinking the GOP is going to save America they are in total denial of reality.

We have been down this road when we had the House, Senate, and White House. Many of the same players are still in place.


6 posted on 02/22/2022 11:33:07 AM PST by dforest (Freaking insane world. )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

It would be hysterical if Trump announced he will be giving his own response to the SOTU address after the Republican response. I would bet he would draw more viewers than the address or the Republican response.


7 posted on 02/22/2022 11:34:54 AM PST by dartuser
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To: dforest

We’re watching political wrestling; matches per-arranged, but treated as real by the duped who cheer wildly with every fake body slam.


8 posted on 02/22/2022 11:38:12 AM PST by JonPreston (Q: Never have so many, been so wrong, so often)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

“defying science”? lol, what 3rd grade science was the AP looking at?


9 posted on 02/22/2022 11:38:29 AM PST by freespirit2012
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To: JonPreston

Nothing ever changes. The same old routine over and over.


10 posted on 02/22/2022 11:41:54 AM PST by dforest (Freaking insane world. )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

My prediction is that Brandon will send a letter to Congress and the People in lieu of a live “performance”. He’ll say it is what Our Forefathers advanced....no Public Affair.


11 posted on 02/22/2022 11:48:29 AM PST by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Here, let me jump the line: “Lets go brandon!” End of response.


12 posted on 02/22/2022 11:48:46 AM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Response? i’d just use charts and graphs showing the uptick in illegals, crime, energy prices, food prices, murder rates, home prices, etc. Then say something memorable like, Do you miss Trump yet, and drop the mic. That would be epic.


13 posted on 02/22/2022 11:51:09 AM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: Oldeconomybuyer
Defying science, Reynolds sometimes spoke skeptically about the effectiveness of masks in halting the spread of the virus.

Associated Propaganda

14 posted on 02/22/2022 12:12:00 PM PST by Republican Wildcat
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Is Iowa owned by Big Ag?
I bet she won’t mention the border.


15 posted on 02/22/2022 12:17:39 PM PST by GnuThere
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To: dartuser
It would be hysterical if Trump announced he will be giving his own response to the SOTU address

NOW THAT... is a great idea.

16 posted on 02/22/2022 12:20:50 PM PST by TangoLimaSierra (⭐⭐Public hangings will wake 'em up.⭐⭐)
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To: TangoLimaSierra

Trump so needs to do this!


17 posted on 02/22/2022 12:21:31 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dforest

She’s actually been pretty good here in Iowa.


18 posted on 02/22/2022 12:24:28 PM PST by nonliberal (Trump 2024. Burn it down.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

When is the State of the Union speech, so I can avoid it?


19 posted on 02/22/2022 1:01:56 PM PST by Jess Kitting
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To: nonliberal

I’ve been pleasantly surprised by Governor Kim.


20 posted on 02/22/2022 2:01:02 PM PST by Iowa Slim
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