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Lange’s attacks show he can’t be trusted
On July 25, Ben Lange wrote an op-ed trashing Rep. Bruce Braley, D-Iowa, with false statements about his records and financial disclosures. I went through Braley’s financial disclosure forms and he doesn’t own a single share of a Chinese company as Lange accuses.
Lange accuses Braley of being out of touch in his support for the TARP funding, which included $6 billion in disaster recovery funding to help communities like Parkersburg recover from a devastating tornado and Cedar Rapids from a disastrous flood in 2008. Braley voted the same way as Sen. Chuck Grassley on TARP. If Lange wants to criticize that vote, maybe he should return the $10,000 in contributions that he got from Grassley.
I think these attacks by Lange are even more evidence as to why he can’t be trusted. We need more representatives like Braley who work for us.
Mike Olson
Cedar Rapids
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Absolutely correct, Mr. Olson. Mr. Lange sometimes behaves strangely, and his op-ed was one of those instances. More recently, he has sicced a Republican toady on Rep. Braley and accused the Congressman of a breach of ethics for using campaign funds for a campaign meeting in what is NOW the Second District, but will be a part of the First District for this election. Meanwhile, Mr. Lange continues to campaign in the same area, using his campaign funds, like a hog in a grain bin. There’s a message for voters in all this—and it’s the same lesson they heeded in 2010.
Meanwhile, Mr. Lange may want some day to connect with the real world, if only just to check in.