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Trump's corruption backfires: Democrat now competitive in deep-red farmland

When Republicans Muzzle Oversight, They Call the Watchdog PartisanThe SetupRob Sand’s rise in Iowa is being described as a story about moderation, bipartisanship, and a Democrat finding room in hostile terrain. That is the surface. The harder truth is simpler: Republicans weakened the auditor’s office while Sand held it, Trump’s corruption has degraded the political environment, and the GOP is now trying to brand the person calling for accountability as the problem.Who Actually Has PowerPower in this story sits where it usually does: with the party that controls the state machinery and writes…

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