Rants says Branstad signed the "largest tax increase in Iowa history"
The Republican civil war is in full swing. Just one day after Terry Branstad claimed to be a conservative and complained about people questioning his record in an interview with the Dubuque Telegraph herald, Chris Rants responded by attacking Branstad’s record:
It was Terry Branstad wielding the veto pen when he gutted our education reform legislation because Republicans wouldn’t go along with all the spending he wanted. It is Terry Branstad’s signature on the largest tax increase in Iowa history.
Branstad doesn’t like people questioning his record though, just look at this excerpt of the Telegraph Herald article:
"Now I have people saying I'm not conservative enough. Now I have people calling me a moderate, or a liberal," he said. "These people don't know me." Branstad said the "confrontational left" of his youth has been joined by a "confrontational right."
Chris Rants had a message on his website for Branstad about his complaints:
Opposing the Branstad tax and spend record doesn't make someone a member of the 'confrontational right,' it just makes them a fiscal conservative.
While Chis Rants marches in lockstep with Vander Plaats and Branstad on the Republican negative agenda, he is right on this point: not every Iowan who dislikes Brantad's tax and spend record are "confrontational."
Iowans know better than to buy Branstad's complaint that they are being "confrontational," whether they are left, right or center. If Terry Branstad is going to complain every single time someone questions his record, what is he going to do when voters start asking questions?