Republican Governor Kim Reynolds says Iowa needs more LEGAL immigrants to fill job openings and she “strongly disagrees” with some of the comments Congressman Steve King has made about the danger immigrants from places like Central America and Mexico pose to western civilization.
Hundreds of Democrats cheered loudly Tuesday night in Cedar Rapids as Reynolds’ rival Fred Hubbell called on Reynolds to remove King as a co-chairman of her campaign.
Reynolds says King is “one of thousands” of campaign co-chairs who endorsed her bid for a full, four-year term as governor.
Reynolds made her comments after a mid-morning campaign stop in Pella.
Other Republicans on the 2018 ballot are appearing at the governor’s bus tour events. Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst, the two Republicans who represent Iowa in the U.S. Senate, joined Reynolds for stops Wednesday in Pella, Oskaloosa, Ottumwa and Columbus Junction. Hubbell campaigned Wednesday in Spencer, Estherville and Emmetsburg.
