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President Donald Trump's diesel deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin is putting a top Republican in a contentious US Senate race on edge.
Following a campaign rally at the Decker Truck Line corporate headquarters and terminal in Fort Dodge, Iowa, Republican Congresswoman and US Senate nominee Ashley Hinson admitted to the Daily Mail that any time there is talk of 'relieving sanctions on Russia ... it makes [her] nervous.'
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her → sign → Russia
The US-Russia diesel deal, announced last week following a phone call between Trump and Putin, centered on the administration issuing temporary licenses allowing Russian diesel imports into the US for six months.
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administration → announce → months
It was not well received by a slew of members of Congress and put some Republicans in an awkward position with their constituents.
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Fall in Iowa means harvest season, as much as it does election season, evidenced in part by the tractor pulling two grain carts that the Daily Mail saw on the road to Fort Dodge from Ames Wednesday morning.
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This year’s harvest has landed just as diesel hits a national average of $6.29 a gallon, up from $3.66 a year ago, according to AAA.
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Gas has climbed to $4.33 from $3.08.
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Beyond a deal with Russia, Hinson floated several other fixes.
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She called for ‘investing in our refining capacity here in the United States that has gone by the wayside,’ and said the administration was taking steps to ‘reinvigorate American independence again.’
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She also urged lawmakers to explore ‘a temporary pause in the gas tax’ and ‘potentially a diesel rebate program’ for farmers and truckers who rely on the fuel for work.
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Iowa's Republican nominee for the US Senate Ashley Hinson spoke with the Daily Mail on Wednesday about Trump's diesel deal with Putin, as well as the state of her campaign
President Trump and Russian President Putin struck a deal last week on diesel.
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The two also met in-person last year in Alaska (pictured)
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She continued that she has 'seen this administration taking steps to make sure we reinvigorate America's energy independence again,' before adding that further proposals such as 'a temporary pause in the gas tax,' as well as 'potentially a diesel rebate program for people who are, for instance, farmers or truckers using diesel for their jobs and their work,' should be explored.
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A three-term Congresswoman, Hinson was found to be in a statistical dead head with Democratic opponent Josh Turek, 46 percent to 47 percent, in the latest polling conducted in the Iowa Senate race by YouGov.
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At the Senate Debate on Tuesday night, Turek noted that he is hearing around the state that voters are concerned about diesel and gas prices, but that they shouldn't come down 'at the expense of benefitting the economy of someone like Vladimir Putin.'
Iowa was won by President Donald Trump three times, yet Hinson's race is neck and neck, and Democrat Rob Sand was found to be leading his Republican opponent Zach Lahn, 50 percent to 44 percent in the same poll.
Tractors such as the one seen by the Daily Mail on Wednesday are powered by diesel, which is currently at a national average price of $6.29 a gallon
Hinson met with supporters at the Decker Truck Line headquarters in Fort Dodge, Iowa Wednesday
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Asked by the Daily Mail what was making this year's races so competitive, Hinson shared that she always views Iowa as competitive and that she doesn't change the way she runs 'based on poll numbers,' always campaigning like she is 'ten points down.'
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Hinson visited Fort Dodge as part of her get-out-the-vote bus tour as early voting kicked off on Wednesday, 20 days before election day.
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