Alex Wagner

And the marriage equality campaign was all about meeting people where they were.

binding common ground, answering tough, sometimes wildly inappropriate questions from people, but bringing some grace and humility to that rather than, I think the view that some folks have of Democrats is that we look down on people or we judge people if they disagree with us in condescension, whatever.

But if we had taken that approach and marriage equality of that kind of condescending, looking down on people, marriage equality would not have passed.

And so having those lessons was why I was able to win in small town, rural areas, represent those areas for four years in my first term.

three and a half now here in my second term.

And it has made me a much better legislator.

It's made me a better candidate.

And I think that is why we're gonna win this election in November, because there's a really unique opportunity to win these voters back because of how bad the Trump policies have been for small town and rural America.

But you have to have a positive vision.

It can't just be about how bad things are.

You've got to be looking forward to.

Senate should be playing in ending the war?

The price of diesel is another part of oil and gasoline going up.

Basically, every piece of Iowa farm equipment runs on diesel.

So we're in the midst of planting season right now.

I was looking at my watch.

It's April 29th.

So all those machines that are out in the fields right now –

Those are all a lot more expensive to operate than they were three months ago.

For fertilizer costs, the vast majority of Iowa farmers had already bought their fertilizer for the spring.