Republican senator Chuck Grassley faced another room of constituents to the heart in a City Council of Northwood, Iowa on Wednesday.
In the video shared by Associated Press, Grassley faces a Iowans room that sometimes shouts in some of the Trump administration policies.
It is a reminiscence of the tense exchanges captured in the Grassley City Council in Fort Madison, Iowa, last week.
Like the City Council of last week, Grassley faced a question of a constituent about the case of Kilmar Abrego García, the resident of Maryland who was deported to a prison in El Salvador.
Senator Chuck Grassley takes questions at a town hall in Fort Madison, Iowa, on April 15, 2025.
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In the video you can listen to a constituent that asks Grassley to consider due process issues.
“We have due process and it was not followed and the Supreme Court ruled that I needed to return, so Trump said: ‘No, I’m not going to do that,” then, why do we even have a supreme court if they will not follow the ruling of the Supreme Court? “, The unidentified constituent question Grassley.
Your question is received with audience applause.
Grassley responded by pointing out other parts of the court decisions.
“You are seeing part of the Decision of the Supreme Court, so let me give you the rest of the Decision of the Supreme Court,” says Grassley. “The Supreme Court said, as you said, the president must make an effort in good faith so that this person returns. But he also told the district judge that he must be careful that he does not interfere with the constitutional responsibilities of the federal government to carry out our foreign affairs. Which is totally within the executive branch of the Government.”
The senator was also booed when he suggested that the case of Abrego García “would not have been a problem if [former President Joe] Biden had enforced the law. “
At a time in the camera, attendees seem to be arguing between them. It is not clear, but the argument seems to be about tattoos. Abrego García was identified as a member of the MS-13 gang for one of his tattoos, although he and his family deny any affiliation with the gang.
You can listen to another component shout: “Shut up! Shut up!”
Senator Chuck Grassley takes voters questions during a contentious event of the City Council in Northwood, Iowa on April 23, 2025.
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Grassley said that the language he heard in Wednesday’s City Council was “stronger” than he has seen elsewhere.
“You will see that people have very strong feelings. You also heard me say at the beginning that many of us have been advised that we do not have these city meetings because it offers a forum so that people exercise disagree,” says Grassley. “Sometimes, a very strong disagreement with what is happening in Washington.”
Republican leaders have suggested that members avoid municipalities in person after several incidents with members of the angry audience earlier this year.
“The conclusion is that the language you heard here, and I heard, was stronger than it has been anywhere and I don’t think it is typical of Worth County. It is not typical of most of the meetings of the city I have, and let’s say this is an atypical,” says Grassley.
