Joni Ernst Must Be Planning a 2020 Presidential Run: Criming is a GOP Entrance Requirement.

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Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) illegally coordinated with a dark money group, and the scandal is making headlines all across Iowa.

The AP reported:
Iowa Values, a political nonprofit that is supposed to be run independently, was co-founded in 2017 by Ernst’s longtime consultant, Jon Kohan. It shares a fundraiser, Claire Holloway Avella, with the Ernst campaign. And a condo owned by a former aide — who was recently hired to lead the group — was used as Iowa Values’ address at a time when he worked for her.

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The documents reviewed by the AP, including emails and a strategy memo, not only make clear that the group’s aim is securing an Ernst win in 2020, but they also show Ernst and her campaign worked in close concert with Iowa Values.


Theresa Greenfield
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WATCH: Senator Ernst's illegal coordination with a dark money group set up by her top political aides is making the news across Iowa. #IASen

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Lauren Passalacqua
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Iowa front pages lead with the damaging @AP report detailing illegal coordination between Sen Ernst & a dark money group her top aides set up #iasen

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Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) illegally coordinated with a dark money group, and the scandal is making headlines all across Iowa.

The AP reported:
Iowa Values, a political nonprofit that is supposed to be run independently, was co-founded in 2017 by Ernst’s longtime consultant, Jon Kohan. It shares a fundraiser, Claire Holloway Avella, with the Ernst campaign. And a condo owned by a former aide — who was recently hired to lead the group — was used as Iowa Values’ address at a time when he worked for her.

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The documents reviewed by the AP, including emails and a strategy memo, not only make clear that the group’s aim is securing an Ernst win in 2020, but they also show Ernst and her campaign worked in close concert with Iowa Values.

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The AP report is all over the front pages of Iowa’s newspapers:

Ernst was already vulnerable and her seat was a target for a Democratic pickup in 2020. With Trump’s trade war hurting the Republican Party in Iowa, the strong whiff of corruption surrounding Ernst could be enough to give even more momentum to Democrats in the state.

https://www.politicususa.com/2019/12/07/joni-ernst-dark-money.html