On election eve, within the race for the wide-open U.S. Senate seat in Iowa, Republican Rep. Ashley Hinson advised the press that President Donald Trump’s go to in Dubuque helped her get her closing message out to voters.
“Josh Turek’s too liberal for Iowa, and I believe the president helped inform that story,” she mentioned. She once more attacked her opponent on transgender points and immigration, regardless of Turek saying he opposes males enjoying in girls’s sports activities and is keen to work with the president to safe the border.
Pressed on whether or not she had put sufficient distance between herself and the president, Hinson mentioned that she delivered for Iowans beneath President Joe Biden and when Nancy Pelosi was speaker of the Home.
“I am at all times going to be any person’s ally in the event that they’re keen to work with me on one thing that is proper for Iowa, however I will likely be a thorn of their aspect if they’re unsuitable for Iowa,” she mentioned.
When requested in regards to the integrity of the election, Hinson pledged to simply accept the end result.
“It is easy to vote and onerous to cheat right here in Iowa. I am assured that I’ll win, and I’ll settle for regardless of the consequence is tomorrow, however I imagine that consequence will likely be that I’ll be the subsequent United States senator,” she mentioned.
-ABC Information’ Gaby Vinick
