The case for Bobby Schilling for Congress vs Mariannete Miller-Meeks

• Know Schilling by his votes on key cultural and other conservative issues
• See the shameful grubbing-for-votes hit piece Miller-Meeks mailed attacking Schilling at the end of this post
• Ask MarianneteMiller-Meeks which votes Bobby Schilling cast as a member of Congress to benefit his district she would have voted differently on and why! The ag and manufacturing interests between the two adjacent districts overlap.
• Miller-Meeks accuses Schilling of not having Trump’s back. Logically then she must think the same of Mark Meadows and even Chuck Grassley, and that they are untrustworthy.  See below
• Miller-Meeks must think Jim Jordan, longtime Trump ally, who has endorsed Bobby Schilling having worked with Schilling in Congress, is out to undo Trump’s agenda
• V’PAC will accumulate information about the Iowa Second Congressional District primary and general election that will be accessible via a link on our page bar above.

Local Iowa Republican voters are receiving a lot of campaign literature emanating from the high profile Second District congressional primary between Bobby Schilling and Mariannette Miller-Meeks.  One of the most effective campaign mailings we have seen in a long time hit our mailbox a few days ago.  It was a tabloid from the Bobby Schilling campaign.

We have set forth screen grabs of the pages from a PDF rendering.  The content may also be available on the Schilling campaign website.  In the mean time we recommend you refer your conservative friends here if they have not received the mailing and for general discussion about the race.  Using your keyboard you should be able to zoom the content for ease of reading — typically by engaging the command key (aka “bug-splat” key on Mac devices) along with the plus key. The tabloid is effective in laying out Schilling’s persona and record.

Today we received a mailing from the Miller-Meeks campaign and we note from the mailing indicia that Victory Enterprises appears to be involved in her campaign.  That outfit is notorious for lining up with desperate campaigns and being part of issuing hit pieces.  Today’s mailing was no different.  It purports that Bobby Schilling is not supportive of President Trump because of Schilling’s support of a special prosecutor being appointed to investigate allegations of Russian involvement in the 2016 election.  The Miller-Meeks’ piece is “gotcha” drivel that could be applied to Mark Meadows, Darrell Issa, Chuck Grassley and other conservative Republicans that have been key to Trump’s agenda in Congress, including Lindsey Graham whose endorsement Miller-Meeks bandies about.   Consider:

Special Prosecutor Republicans  (Politico)

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.)  . . . signaled support for the naming of a special prosecutor  . . . GOP Rep. Darrell Issa also praised the move  . . .  Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.), chairman of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, also appeared to endorse the move, saying it shows the Trump administration is taking the investigation “seriously.” . . .  Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn (R-Texas)

Grassley: Special counsel has “a strong reputation for independence” 

After the news of the appointment of the special counsel, Grassley’s office issued a statement praising Mueller as a man with “a strong reputation for independence.”

So by Miller-Meeks’ standards President Trump can’t trust Chuck Grassley.

We challenge her and her “consultants” that come up with such horse manure to tell conservative Chuck Grassley how untrustworthy he is . . .  how he “joined Dave Loebsack  and Nancy Pelosi” (hell, why not throw in Chuck Schumer) to undermine Trump:

Senior GOP senator rebukes Trump, says whistleblower ‘ought to be heard out’

Grassley, in bipartisan letter, seeks ‘detailed’ explanation from Trump on IG firing

And there is Senator Lindsey Graham whose endorsement Miller-Meeks is so proud of

Graham shows support for Mueller’s investigation into Russian meddling 

And just how thorough was Miller-Meeks’ fealty to Trump back in the day?

More Republican delegates chosen, more problems for Trump

The final delegate, Mariannette Miller-Meeks, is a former aide to Gov. Terry Brandstad and declined to say whom she would support. That probably means she’ll face intense lobbying by the three presidential campaigns.

We are supporting Bobby Schilling because of the proven conservative record he established after winning in a tough Democrat district across the river, a district  dominated by union activists.  His reelection effort was simply overwhelmed by gerrymandering to make the district impossible for a Republican, at least one as well financed as Cherry Bustos. Schilling  had the sense to escape Illinois several years ago for a lot of good reasons.

While we will of course support the Republican nominee against the likely Democrat nominee ultra-liberal Rita Hart, it is clear from Miller-Meeks hedges on key issues that she will be “high maintenance” for conservatives.

We are tired of the Republican establishment (Miller-Meeks is their candidate)  defining the key to winning the district as “doing well” in liberal Johnson County. The key to winning the district is a district-wide margin of blue collar voters, especially no-party, and enthusiasm from Republicans.  Schilling has proven he can assemble that appeal. The establishment way of thinking brought us Jim Leach. Enough said.

The Schilling campaign website is https://bobbyforiowa.com/    Use the zoom function on your keyboard to expand the print and pictures.

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The Miller-Meeks / Victory Enterprises mailed hit piece (front and back) with our annotations:     

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