Jan 13, 2018 - Politics & Policy

Grassley's rural town hall dominated by Trump questions

Sen. Chuck Grassley.

Sen. Chuck Grassley. Photo: Win McNamee / Getty Images

Criticism over Donald Trump's behavior and the handling of the Russia investigation dominated Sen. Chuck Grassley's town hall event on Friday morning, the Des Moines Register reports.

Why it matters: The meeting took place in "a rural western Iowa county where Republicans outnumber Democrats nearly two-to-one," the Register reports, and where Trump swept more than half of the vote during the 2016 election.

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