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Who does Ashley Hinson work for?
Barb Ferris
Dec. 23, 2021 12:14 pm
I belong to a group called Indivisible Iowa. We hold politicians accountable for their actions and voting records. We are a non-partisan group. On Dec. 6 I wrote to U.S. Rep. Ashley HInson's office to request an in-person meeting to ask her to respond to our questions such as, why she votes party over Iowans time and again, why she doesn't believe seniors should have vision, hearing, and dental coverage, why she doesn't want to continue the child tax credit that has lifted millions out of poverty, why she didn't vote to hold Trump accountable for his part in the attempted insurrection, why she claims to support law enforcement but turned her back on the Capitol Police who protected her on Jan. 6, etc. She's on winter break and I asked for a meeting with her for our group. I was told her schedule was full. She held a town hall 40 minutes away from Cedar Rapids and then a virtual "town hall" where it didn't appear she even answered questions but rather as usual attacked the Democrats for everything they are trying to accomplish for American citizens. But she couldn't find time in her schedule to meet with us? Who does Hinson work for? Our tax dollars pay her $174,000 salary but I guess she only meets with her big donors and with groups who support her and don't ask questions.
Barb Ferris
Hiawatha
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