{"id":1096919,"date":"2021-12-08T00:43:49","date_gmt":"2021-12-08T05:43:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1096919"},"modified":"2021-12-08T00:43:53","modified_gmt":"2021-12-08T05:43:53","slug":"iowa-republican-party-slams-cindy-axne-for-campaigning-with-squad-member","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iowa-republican-party-slams-cindy-axne-for-campaigning-with-squad-member\/","title":{"rendered":"Iowa Republican Party Slams Cindy Axne for Campaigning with &#039;Squad&#039; Member"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fiowa-republican-party-slams-cindy-axne-for-campaigning-with-squad-member%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1096919&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">The Republican Party of Iowa Chairman&nbsp;Jeff Kaufmann slammed the state\u2019s lone congressional Democrat, Rep. Cindy Axne (D-IA), for&nbsp;campaigning with so-called \u201cSquad\u201d member Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) at an event.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCindy Axne is finally showing her true colors and campaigning with radical Squad member Ayanna Pressley, a leader in the national Defund the Police movement,\u201d Kaufmann said in a statement ahead of a virtual town hall event in Polk County, Iowa, where&nbsp;Pressley is set to headline, joined by Axne.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_11403487\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"40\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/7519-filephoto-the-squad-dems-getty.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11403487\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/7519-filephoto-the-squad-dems-getty.jpg\" alt=\"WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 15: U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), speaks while Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) listen during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol on July 15, 2019 in Washington, DC. President Donald Trump stepped up his attacks on four progressive Democratic congresswomen, saying if they&#039;re not happy in the United States &quot;they can leave.&quot; (Photo by Alex Wroblewski\/Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Squad members U.S. Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI), and Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) listen during a press conference at the U.S. Capitol on July 15, 2019, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Alex Wroblewski\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cCongresswoman Cindy Axne will also make remarks and help to inspire even more women to run for office and become involved in campaigns,\u201d the event website said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor years now, Axne has tried to fool Iowans into believing she is a moderate. However, Iowans know the Democrat Party has changed,\u201d the Republican&nbsp;chairman <a href=\"https:\/\/secure.actblue.com\/donate\/polkwomens2021\">added<\/a>. \u201cThere are no moderates left, just ones who lie about their agenda and ones who are honest about their hatred for our country and its values.&nbsp;Iowans deserve to know Pressley\u2019s record.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_2851325\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"34\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Jeff-Kaufmann-Iowa-GOP-Chairman-Flickr.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2851325\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Jeff-Kaufmann-Iowa-GOP-Chairman-Flickr.jpg\" alt=\"Gage Skidmore\/Flickr\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chairman Jeff Kaufmann speaking at the Iowa Republican Party\u2019s 2015 Lincoln Dinner at the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines, Iowa. (Gage Skidmore\/Flickr)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cPressley is an avid supporter of defunding our police, she has called for rioters to target GOP officials, and wants to \u2018restructure\u2019 our country. None of these are Iowa values, yet Cindy Axne will campaign with her and use the money to continue her deceptive lies,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n<p>However, this event would not be the first time Axne has been aligned with \u201csquad\u201d members.<\/p>\n<p>In July, Axne was caught during a town hall \u201cgushing\u201d over&nbsp;Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY).&nbsp;The Congressional Leadership Fund, a super PAC, <a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CLFSuperPAC\/status\/1417529049426112512?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">tweeted<\/a> a video of Axne saying&nbsp;Ocasio-Cortez is a smart person, and she has had a lot of conversations with her about the Green New Deal.<\/p>\n<p>In September, Rep.&nbsp;Pramila Jayapal (D-WA),&nbsp;chair of the far-left&nbsp;Congressional Progressive Caucus, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/09\/22\/pramila-jayapal-ties-vulnerable-democrats-to-her-radical-agenda-theyre-my-best-friends\/\">said<\/a> that vulnerable House members such as Axne are her \u201cbest friends\u201d when it comes to policymaking.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_16746896\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"37\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Cindy-Axne-Iowa-Joe-Biden-Jan25-2020-campaign-getty.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16746896\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Cindy-Axne-Iowa-Joe-Biden-Jan25-2020-campaign-getty.jpg\" alt=\"ANKENY, IOWA - JANUARY 25: Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden (L) is joined by Rep. Cindy Axne (D-IA) during a town hall meeting inside the John Deere Exhibition Hall at the FFA Enrichment Center January 25, 2020 in Ankeny, Iowa. While three of the top-polling Democratic presidential candidates are U.S. Senators and must be in Washington for the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, Biden continues to campaign across Iowa ahead of its all-important February 03 caucuses. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden is joined by Rep. Cindy Axne (D-IA) during a town hall meeting inside the John Deere Exhibition Hall at the FFA Enrichment Center January 25, 2020, in Ankeny, Iowa. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThese are all people who want to deliver on the entirety of the Democratic agenda, and these are people who are in very tough districts,\u201d&nbsp;Jayapal said.<\/p>\n<p><i>Jacob Bliss is a reporter for Breitbart News. You can follow him on <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jacobmbliss\"><i>Twitter<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Republican Party of Iowa Chairman\u00a0Jeff Kaufmann slammed the state\u2019s lone congressional Democrat, Rep. Cindy Axne (D-IA), for\u00a0campaigning with so-called \u201cSquad\u201d member Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) at an event. \u201cCindy &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1096919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1096919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1096919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1096919\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1096919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1096919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1096919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}