As the debate around President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion stimulus bill continues in Congress, a new advertisement airing in Iowa takes Iowa Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks to task over her position on COVID-19 relief.Produced by Tax March Iowa and supported by several other liberal groups in the state, the ad makes a series of claims to conclude billionaires “hit the jackpot” while Iowans in need of relief get “jack squat” with Republican Miller-Meeks, who represents Iowa’s 2nd Congressional District.The other groups supporting the ad include Progress Iowa, Iowa Citizen Action Network, Iowa Alliance for Retired Americans, Iowa Main Street Alliance, Indivisible Iowa and Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO.The Gazette reached out to Tax March for additional sourcing for the claims but did not receive a response.Tax March is a part of the Sixteen Thirty Fund, a Washington, D.C.-based liberal advocacy group that received $56.7 million in contributions during the 2020 election cycle, according to the Center for Responsive Politics’ website.AnalysisClaim 1: “During this pandemic, the rich got richer and the well-to-do are doing pretty well.”The ad cites a July 22, 2020, commentary on Forbes called “The Rich are Getting Richer During the Pandemic.” The article, written by a job recruiter, points to increased wealth of the leaders of Amazon, Facebook and other large companies during the pandemic.
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