{"id":577012,"date":"2021-06-29T23:20:12","date_gmt":"2021-06-30T03:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=577012"},"modified":"2021-06-29T23:20:17","modified_gmt":"2021-06-30T03:20:17","slug":"chuck-grassley-tom-cotton-do-22-push-ups-in-support-of-veterans-at-iowa-fundraiser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chuck-grassley-tom-cotton-do-22-push-ups-in-support-of-veterans-at-iowa-fundraiser\/","title":{"rendered":"Chuck Grassley, Tom Cotton Do 22 Push Ups In Support Of Veterans At Iowa Fundraiser"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fchuck-grassley-tom-cotton-do-22-push-ups-in-support-of-veterans-at-iowa-fundraiser%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=577012&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Cotton-Grassley-Push-ups-e1625020855283.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<aside id=\"right1forarticles\">\n<\/aside>\n<div id=\"ob-read-more-selector\" readability=\"45.519950890117\">\n<p>Republican Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley and Republican Arkansas Sen. Tom Cotton did 22 push-ups in support of veterans during a Tuesday GOP event in Iowa.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe got a tragedy among our veterans\u2026 On average, 22 veterans commit suicide everyday\u2026 You do 22 push-ups for every one of the veterans that died,\u201d Grassley <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/?v=1265590027176672\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">explained<\/a> a routine he started observing during his 2016 campaign.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" readability=\"7.2565445026178\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">????Update from Sioux Center!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChuckGrassley?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ChuckGrassley<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomCottonAR?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TomCottonAR<\/a> doing 22 push ups in front of 200 passionate Iowans. Wow! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1NQL4ybs1C\">pic.twitter.com\/1NQL4ybs1C<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jeff Kaufmann (@kaufmannGOP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kaufmannGOP\/status\/1410038464192602115?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 30, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m 87, so you gotta give me a little leeway,\u201d the Iowa senator warned <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/29\/tom-cotton-joe-biden-immigration-crime-lab-leak\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cotton<\/a>, 44, before the start of the contest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat he actually said is that he\u2019d have to do one less than I, because he\u2019s so old that if he tied me, it\u2019d be like beating me. Thank you for taking it easy on me,\u201d Cotton joked, getting prepared for the exercise. <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/22\/tom-cotton-michael-gilday-capitalism-racist-armed-services\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: Top Navy Officer Dodges Tom Cotton Question On Whether Capitalism Is Racist)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A crowd of about 200 Iowans attending the fundraiser burst into applause and cheering, as Republican Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst, who was a third panelist at the event, counted to 22.<\/p>\n<p>The Tuesday fundraiser was intended as a forum for the three senators to discuss key issues and brief their constituents on the current state of affairs in Congress, <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs2iowa.com\/news\/local\/iowas-senators-hold-reception-in-sioux-center-to-discuss-key-issues\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">according<\/a> to KGAN.<\/p>\n<p>Giving a speech on the podium, Cotton heavily criticized <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2021\/06\/29\/illinois-teacher-sues-school-district-over-illegal-critical-race-theory-trainings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">critical race theory<\/a> (CRT).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we let the left indoctrinate an entire generation of our kids to hate America, what will we have gained?\u201d Cotton asked the audience, Iowa Capital Dispatch <a href=\"https:\/\/iowacapitaldispatch.com\/2021\/06\/29\/sen-tom-cotton-visits-iowa-decries-critical-race-theory-and-efforts-to-defund-the-police\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley and Republican Arkansas Sen. 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