A sneak preview of Monday morning’s Jolt . . .
Bruce Braley, Pants on Fire
In the Iowa Senate debate Sunday night, Republican Joni Ernst mentioned Democrat Bruce Braley’s threat to sue a neighbor over a dispute over chickens wandering into his yard: “You’re talking about bipartisanship, how do we expect, as Iowans, to believe that you will work across the aisle when you can’t walk across your yard?”
Braley’s response: “It’s just not true. I never threatened to sue anyone. It’s just not true.”
https://youtube.com/watch?v=-j1y6X1bZrE%3Frel%3D0
How else would one define a message demanding action to “avoid a litigious situation”?
The story of the chickens suggests the Braleys are neighbors from Hell:
This spring, Pauline Hampton’s chickens roamed onto Bruce and Carolyn Braley’s vacation property on tranquil Holiday Lake. Hampton said she did not know this until she walked over one day to offer Carolyn a dozen fresh eggs. To which she said her neighbor replied, “We aren’t going to accept your eggs — and we have filed a formal complaint against you.”
Oh, by the way, the Des Moines Register poll puts Joni Ernst up by 6 points.