At an election night rally in Iowa, Rob Sand thanks supporters who publicly endorsed him across party lines despite the backlash, saying they helped return the state to balanced government. He says Iowans need "bigger hearts and minds than just our party," then turns to Iowa Democrats after what he calls "a hard few years."
The receipt
- Who
- Rob Sand
- Where
- rally - election night, Iowa
- Original footage
- KCCI · watch the full video from this moment
- Length
- 57 seconds, unedited within the cut
Read the transcript
We do live in a broken two -choice political system where it requires real listening to learn that a candidate that is in the other party doesn't see you as the enemy. You listened. You knew that you would receive some negative reaction for endorsing across party lines, but you knew that the angriest ones are the loudest. And you knew that you were willing to stand publicly unprincipled to support returning our state to balanced government. We have to have, we have to have bigger hearts and minds than just our party and everyone who did that across party lines with a public endorsement showed that and we thank you for it. To Iowa Democrats, you've had a hard few years here in Iowa but
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