{"id":1106593,"date":"2021-12-10T15:43:30","date_gmt":"2021-12-10T20:43:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1106593"},"modified":"2021-12-10T15:43:32","modified_gmt":"2021-12-10T20:43:32","slug":"squad-member-ayanna-pressley-praises-democrat-rep-cindy-axne-during-campaign-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/squad-member-ayanna-pressley-praises-democrat-rep-cindy-axne-during-campaign-event\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Squad\u2019 Member Ayanna Pressley Praises Democrat Rep. Cindy Axne During Campaign Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/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%2Fsquad-member-ayanna-pressley-praises-democrat-rep-cindy-axne-during-campaign-event%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=1106593&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\">\u201cSquad\u201d member Rep.&nbsp;Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) praised vulnerable Democrat Rep. Cindy Axne (D-IA) during a&nbsp;virtual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/midterm-election\/2021\/12\/07\/iowa-republican-party-slams-cindy-axne-campaigning-squad-member\/\">town hall<\/a> Thursday night with the Polk County Democratic Party,&nbsp;urging the attendees to&nbsp;\u201cdecisively\u201d return her to office in the midterms next year.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope that you will never take her leadership for granted and that we decisively return her, because she is sorely needed, and we\u2019re all better for her advocacy,\u201d Pressley <a href=\"https:\/\/www.desmoinesregister.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2021\/12\/10\/rep-ayanna-pressley-praises-democrat-cindy-axne-fundraiser-2022-race\/6417551001\/\">said<\/a> at the event, according to the&nbsp;<em>Des Moines Register<\/em>.<\/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<p>The \u201cSquad\u201d member also praised&nbsp;Axne as a \u201csteadfast voice\u201d on specific issues, such as&nbsp;\u201ceconomic justice for our workers, expanding access to educational and job training opportunities, advancing racial justice, standing up for the rights of women, veterans (and)&nbsp;the LGBTQ community.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_12008782\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" readability=\"36\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Rep-Cindy-Axne-D-IA-Jan2019-getty-images.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12008782\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Rep-Cindy-Axne-D-IA-Jan2019-getty-images.jpg\" alt=\"WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 29: Rep. Cindy Axne (D-IA) speaks during news conference discussing the &quot;Shutdown to End All Shutdowns (SEAS) Act&quot; on January 29, 2019 in Washington, DC. Also pictured is Rep. Dean Phillips (D-MN). (Photo by Zach Gibson\/Getty Images)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rep. Cindy Axne (D-IA) speaks during a news conference discussing the \u201cShutdown to End All Shutdowns (SEAS) Act\u201d on January 29, 2019, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Zach Gibson\/Getty Images).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The&nbsp;virtual town hall with&nbsp;Pressley comes as Axne prepares for another brutal election cycle. Republicans are calling her district a must-win seat for the House majority, as Axne herself acknowledged that there is a very slim Democrat majority currently in the House.&nbsp;National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) chairman Tom Emmer (R-MN)&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/07\/25\/exclusive-nrcc-chair-tom-emmer-were-going-to-retire-nancy-pelosi-once-and-for-all-in-the-midterms\/\">told<\/a>&nbsp;Breitbart News in July that Axne is one of the campaign arm\u2019s top&nbsp;targets, declaring she is \u201cnot coming back\u201d from the midterms.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Axne acknowledged the vulnerability of her seat during the event.&nbsp;\u201cWhen I win, it means we hold the House,\u201d Axne said. \u201cIt\u2019s almost an unbelievable place for us to always be, here at the epicenter of all of it in Iowa.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">\u201cThey\u2019re gunning for us. They\u2019re gunning for me,\u201d Axne also said. \u201cWe have a four-vote majority in the House. You all know what\u2019s at stake when we lose the House and we don\u2019t intend on doing that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The&nbsp;Congressional Leadership Fund&nbsp;press secretary Cally Perkins said that Axne \u201cisn\u2019t fooling anyone\u201d in Iowa. \u201cShe campaigns as a moderate in Iowa, but she stands hand in hand with the Squad in Washington,\u201d&nbsp;Perkins said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/midterm-election\/2021\/12\/07\/iowa-republican-party-slams-cindy-axne-campaigning-squad-member\/\">reported<\/a> before the event that the&nbsp;Republican Party of Iowa chairman&nbsp;Jeff Kaufmann slammed Axne for aligning herself with Pressley:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"20\">\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Cindy Axne is finally showing her true colors and campaigning with radical Squad member Ayanna Pressley, a leader in the national Defund the Police movement. For years now, Axne has tried to fool Iowans into believing she is a moderate. However, Iowans know the Democrat Party has changed. There 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.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Iowans deserve to know Pressley\u2019s record. Pressley is an avid supporter of defunding our police, she has called for rioters to target GOP officials, and wants to \u201crestructure\u201d our country. None of these are Iowa values, yet Cindy Axne will campaign with her and use the money to continue her deceptive lies.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Republicans will face off in the primary on June 7, and whoever advances will face up against Axne. One of the Republican candidates, State Sen. Zach Nunn (R-Bondurant), recently&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/11\/28\/exclusive-iowa-state-sen-zach-nunn-democrat-cindy-axne-loyal-nancy-pelosi-not-iowans\/\">told<\/a> <em>Breitbart News Saturday<\/em>&nbsp;that Axne is&nbsp;only loyal to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and not Iowans.<\/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>\u201cSquad\u201d member Rep.\u00a0Ayanna Pressley (D-MA) praised vulnerable Democrat Rep. Cindy Axne (D-IA) during a\u00a0virtual town hall Thursday night with the Polk County Democratic Party,\u00a0urging the attendees to\u00a0\u201cdecisively\u201d return her to &#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-1106593","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\/1106593","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=1106593"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1106593\/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=1106593"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1106593"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1106593"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}