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Thomas Laehn

Oct 16, 2026

4:27
Were they wrong?
4:28
Uh, they, they were wrong.
4:30
You know, individuals have rights, uh, not corporations.
4:35
Uh, and nothing has done more to corrupt our constitutional system, uh, than Citizens United, which opened the floodgates.
4:44
And now, uh, both of my opponents, uh, have political action committees, super PACs, uh, not based in Iowa, based in Washington, DC or elsewhere in the country, that are literally spending tens of millions of dollars on their behalf.
5:00
And so the people of Iowa have to ask, for whom would Ashley Hinson or Josh Turek be working if they were elected? We know as soon as someone is elected to Congress, they immediately start running for re-election.
5:16
Uh, whereas if I'm elected, uh, I will owe my office and my allegiance only to the people of this state, whereas Ashley and Josh will owe their office and their allegiance to the out-of-state oligarchs who are funding their campaign and who would then, uh, be likely to fund their re-election campaigns.
7:06
Talk about your experience as the Greene County Attorney, and how it led to that conclusion, this needs to happen, legalizing marijuana.

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