Sen Feenstra drops committee chairmanship to focus on primarying King

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Interesting

A Republican state senator who is challenging U.S. Rep. Steve King for the GOP nomination in Iowa's 4th Congressional District says he's stepping down as chairman of the Senate Ways and Means Committee.

Sen. Randy Feenstra said Wednesday he wants to spend more time on his congressional campaign.

Feenstra, a former candy company sales manager, is among several people expected to seek the GOP nomination. He opposes abortion rights, supports expansion of gun rights and backs voter identification efforts.

King's son Jeff King has called Feenstra's run misguided political opportunism.

Should we get popcorn ready for this contest since it'll probably be a bunch of guys trying to out brown shirt each other?

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1. I heard that he's holding fund raisers outside of his district for his campaign.

Of course, he's likely just as awful as King. Just presented in a less offensive package.

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2. Would he be running on the kinder, gentler Nazi theme?

Or trying to out brown shirt Iowa's biggest Nazi?

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3. Yeah, basically that's about it.

He says King is "too caustic" to represent IA. But if he's elected he'll probably vote exactly like King. He's from Sioux county, the most republican, right wing, religiously zealous county in IA.

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4. Feenstra's claim to fame is as a big time tax cutter

with all the attendant crap they cause. He's the 'genius' behind the Repug tax cuts from last year which will be haunting Iowa for a long time to come.