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Iowa

47of74

(18,470 posts) Wed May 23, 2018, 02:54 PM May 2018

Kimmy defends the GOP taking Dix money

Surprise, surprise

Gov. Kim Reynolds says it was an "appropriate decision" for Iowa Republicans to accept a $522,000 donation from a disgraced former lawmaker.

Reynolds told reporters Wednesday she was "fine" with the Republican Party of Iowa accepting a March 26 contribution from former Iowa Senate Majority Leader Bill Dix. The Shell Rock Republican resigned two weeks earlier after video surfaced showing him kissing a Statehouse lobbyist who wasn't his wife.

A GOP party spokesman defended the contribution, saying it was "always the intent" for the money Dix raised to help Republicans defend their legislative majority.

God these people are so corrupt. Oregon or Minnesota look more attractive all the time.

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