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'When I was a kid, there was a senator from Iowa that made sure that the doors were open for kids like me,' Turek, who uses a wheelchair, says in his launch video, referencing former Democratic Sen. Tom Harkin, who authored the Americans with Disabilities Act.
'Now, the senator from Iowa is just closing doors, taking away health care, making it harder for parents to feed their kids. All just to give tax breaks to billionaires. And her explanation? 'Well, we all are going to die,'' Turek adds, referencing a viral moment from an Ernst town hall earlier this year when she defended cuts to Medicaid in Trump's sweeping tax cut and spending bill.
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