VIDEO: Iowa CCI rallies at Statehouse as part of day of action

DES MOINES - Hundreds of members of Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement (CCI) rallied, waved signs and chanted slogans Tuesday during a day of action at the Iowa Capitol Building.

CCI members flooded a hallway outside Gov. Terry Branstad's office demanding to speak with the governor and Lt. Gov. Kim Reynolds before agreeing to read a two-page letter to Branstad's chief of staff outlining their issue positions.

Organizers said Tuesday's event was held in conjunction with Our Revolution, the Bernie 2016 successor organization. They said their message was to decry corporate influences at the Statehouse and to address 'bread and butter issues” including clean water, raising the statewide minimum wage, wage theft, racial justice, and getting big money out of politics.