Showing posts with label gaffes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label gaffes. Show all posts

Thursday, April 3, 2014

Gaffes: Genes of the American Horserace

The biggest news out of Iowa this week is a comment by Rep. Bruce Braley (D-IA-1), currently the presumptive Democratic nominee to succeed retiring Democratic Sen. Tom Harkin. Here's the video of Rep. Braley at a fundraiser in Texas:


If you can't watch it or don't feel like it, the relevant part is this quote at 0:20:
"You might have a farmer from Iowa who never went to law school, never practiced law, serving as the next chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee. Because if Democrats lose the majority, [Republican senior Sen. from Iowa] Chuck Grassley will be the next chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee." -- Bruce Braley, at a fundraiser in Texas, March 25, 2014