New reporting from the Daily Beast exposed Zach Nunn for “living it up at Mar-a-Lago” at a “swanky fund-raising dinner.”
 This comes after a report found that attendees of Nunn’s rally with Vance were “paid to be there,” which is “ not a great look for…Nunn, who needs real support in Iowa if he doesn’t want to be job-hunting in January.”
While Nunn rubbed elbows with the rich and famous, Sarah Trone Garriott continued her “Faith in Iowa” tour in Adams County, visiting all 21 counties in IA-03 in 21 days to talk about the faith she has in Iowans to come together and solve the challenges facing them.
REMINDER: Nunn has never held a town hall. He calls town halls “taxpayer-funded protest event[s].” Last year, Nunn said he was holding a “community forum” – but then he chickened out and “the day before the event, Nunn’s office announced it would be an invitation-only meeting instead of a public town hall.”
DCCC Spokesperson Katie Smith:
“Zach Nunn hangs out with his wealthy donors at Mar-a-Lago instead of with Iowans while Sarah Trone Garriott is holding town halls and showing up for her neighbors. From refusing to meet with his constituents, rolling out the red carpet for his fellow DC politicians, to spending time at ritzy Mar-a-Lago instead of in Iowa, Nunn has made it clear: he’s not working for Iowans.”
Read more in Daily Beast’s “The Swamp”:
- News of trouble in the grasslands of Iowa has reached the (corn) ears of The Swamp. Iowa Republican Rep. Zach Nunn is facing a much tighter run for re-election to the Hawkeye State’s 3rd Congressional District than he had planned—and as a result, headed for Mar-a-Lago over the congressional break to attend a swanky fund-raising dinner.
- The 47-year-old’s vast swathe of the south of the state was Trump +4 last time round, and is now rated by the Cook Report as the most imperilled for MAGA in the state, which is showing signs of shifting from its ruby red status.
- What happened after the dinner is intriguing: Nunn got a visit from JD Vance. But the fiercely ambitious vice president may not have had as many fans as he thought at the rally he held—because some of them were paid to be there.
- A lobbyist was offering $100 in cash to people to attend Vance’s event in Des Moines, Iowa, with an extra $25 for each additional person they recruited, Iowa Starting Line revealed. Jake Swanson, a lobbyist for an ethanol company, wrote in a text message before the May 5 rally, “I wanted to invite you to join me in seeing Vice President JD Vance this afternoon in Des Moines. I do some work for an ethanol company and so if you’re able to join, I will give you $100, and for anyone that you recruit, an additional $25. No limit on referrals, so if someone recruits a group of 20 to show up, that’s $500.” There’s no indication of how many people took up the offer, but it is not a great look for either Vance—who needs real support in Iowa if he wants to be president—or Nunn, who needs real support in Iowa if he doesn’t want to be job-hunting in January.
- (The rally wasn’t exactly a home run for Trump’s number two. He forgot the name of Nunn’s election opponent and fumbled through his notes for about 20 seconds. “Zach, you’re going to have to help me out with her name here. I lost my page here,” said a flustered Vance. “Okay. There we go. Sarah Trone Garriott. There she is. I’m on the wrong page here.”)
- The Swamp has reached out to Swanson for comment. Swanson didn’t answer questions about audience recruitment from the Iowa Starting Line…
- A spokesperson for Rep. Nunn said, “A new low for the Daily Beast—repackaging nonsense from a left-wing blog and thinking they have a story. Zach Nunn is focused on delivering for Iowa families.”
- Thanks for reading, guys!
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