Shoutout to Tamin Lipsey. Born & raised in Ames - never left.
4 years, Played 136 games for Iowa State, started every single one. 600 assists, 300+ steals, so much heart for his hometown.
Awesome player, great person, great college career. Thank you Tamin 🫶🌪️
@cg_hawkeye@travisclones Second point: I don’t see keeping Iowa farmland out of the hands of China and foreign governments as some extreme position. That’s a policy debate, and I happen to agree with him on it.
@cg_hawkeye@travisclones I don’t think the screenshot supports your original claim. “Confiscate land illegally owned by China” is very different from “seize private property and redistribute it.” You can disagree with the policy, but they’re not the same thing.
@cg_hawkeye@travisclones Then post the mailer. If the words are “literally” there, it should be easy. Context matters when you’re accusing someone of supporting property redistribution.
@stillnothawkize@CBHawkeyes@travisclones What I’m not a fan of is illegal immigration. You keep responding with taxes, crime rates, and benefits. Those are separate debates. People can disagree on immigration policy without hating immigrants. Anyway, I’m chilling on my boat right now, so enjoy the garage project.
@stillnothawkize@CBHawkeyes@travisclones Since we speak in facts, paying taxes and being here legally are not the same thing. One is a tax issue, the other is an immigration issue. Nice try though.
@stillnothawkize@CBHawkeyes@travisclones hawkize I thought we were becoming friends! But I’ll take your advice! I am curious though do you think my health insurance will cover my transition? And then once I transition will they cover my abortion? Excited to become a woman!
@cg_hawkeye@travisclones That’s a pretty serious accusation. Do you have a quote where he actually supports state seizure and redistribution of private property? I’ve heard him talk about limiting out-of-state ownership and protecting family farms, but those aren’t the same thing.
@cg_hawkeye@travisclones If caring about water quality, cancer rates, and family farms is “the left,” then maybe we’ve lost track of what those labels mean. Those seem like Iowa issues to me.
@stillnothawkize@travisclones That’s fair. If the courts find he wasn’t eligible, then they should act. I just haven’t seen enough evidence to conclude that myself. We agree on more than we disagree on, and I appreciate the conversation.
@stillnothawkize@travisclones I guess that’s where we disagree. The reports showed his plane in Kansas about a third of the time. He grew up in Iowa, owns property here, votes here, and campaigned here. If he truly wasn’t a resident, that would’ve been challenged. Voters knew concerns and still nominated him.
@stillnothawkize@travisclones That’s fair. I just view it differently. A lot of people leave Iowa for opportunities elsewhere. The fact that he came back and made keeping young people in Iowa a central issue actually adds credibility for me. We can agree to disagree on whether that disqualifies him.
@Bradski1119@travisclones That’s kind of my point. Every politician should be talking about those issues, but most haven’t made them a priority. If they had, we probably wouldn’t still be having the same conversations about water quality and cancer rates decades later.
@stillnothawkize@travisclones I get the argument, but him leaving actually adds credibility for me. He knows why people leave because he did. And someone who grew up in Iowa, went to school in Iowa, and came back to Iowa isn’t a carpetbagger in my book.
@stillnothawkize@travisclones I never said it wasn’t a sexual product. I said it’s not a porn company. Those are two different claims. Either way, water quality, cancer rates, and family farms mattered more to me than an old investment.
@stillnothawkize@travisclones We can disagree on social issues, but I voted for him because he was talking about water quality, cancer rates, family farms, and keeping young people in Iowa. Those issues matter most to me.
@stillnothawkize@travisclones As for the “porn company” claim, from what I’ve read, he invested in a medical device company that later moved into sexual wellness products. That’s different than investing in a porn company.