Dear Chuck-<\/p>\n
What the hell happened to you?<\/p>\n
You used to be the defender of the American wallet.\u00a0 You voted against pay raises for yourself more than once.\u00a0 You discovered $112,000 toilet seat purchases and exposed the companies responsible.\u00a0 You railed against accounting practices that made it easier for companies to move earnings from one year into another for tax purposes.<\/p>\n
You used to be known as a man who was more than willing to work with folks “across the aisle” to do what’s best for the American people.\u00a0 In 2014 the Counsel against Government Waste named you of the “Heroes\u00a0of the American people” for your bipartisan efforts against fraud and wasteful practices.\u00a0 President Clinton praised your hard work on a bill to reform the IRS during his time in the White House.<\/p>\n
You used to be known as one of the first senators to embrace Twitter.\u00a0 You used to be known as the “old guy who runs marathons”.<\/p>\n
Where did that guy go?<\/p>\n
How do you explain your rapid descent into “party first” politics?\u00a0 Where did your love of fairness and due processes go?\u00a0 Where is the guy who wanted what was best for the American people and wasn’t afraid to go against the RNC to get it done?<\/p>\n
The timing for your political 180\u00a0 seems even odder given that it’s an open secret that you aren’t going to run for re-election when your term ends in 2022.\u00a0 \u00a0I hate to play the age card, but you ARE 85- is senility setting in?<\/p>\n
Please explain this.\u00a0 Explain it to me.\u00a0 Explain it to the voters of Iowa.\u00a0 Explain it to the America you used to fight for.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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