Hours before the event, energy and excitement were high. The food was apropos: Lahn donor and MAHA ally Steak ‘n Shake provided a robust supply of beef tallow French fries and grass-finished burgers. A
nd the first 100 attendees received a complimentary copy of Pete Evans’ The MAHA Cookbook, while others donned various MAHA hats (often stacked atop a MAGA or other hat). Raw chocolate milk was free, as were samplings of pork and beef bacon and other meaty treats.
MAHA T-shirts, hats, and buttons intermingled with Lahn slogans on shirts and jackets. American flags and Christian symbolism were prominent.
Following Lyons, Florida Surgeon General Joe Ladapo took the stage to proclaim that he and his family are ‘all in’ on the MAHA mission.
“We need leaders like Zach Lahn who will restore our connection to our birthright, an agenda for better health…. It’s important to vote for people who care about you and have your back. Let’s support Zach Lahn and every candidate out there who will stand for MAHA and your family’s health!”
Next up was Iowa House District 43 candidate Nicole Hasso, a particular firebrand who exhorted her fellow Iowans: “Why are we here? Because we want clean water, because we want Iowa first, and because we declare war on cancer.”
Hasso thanked Kennedy for “bringing MAHA to Iowa,” and elicited loud cheers when she shouted, “Our state is at a crossroads. I don’t want them to Minnesota my Iowa!”
Referring to Lahn’s Democratic Party opponent, Rob Sand, she said she has knocked on thousands of doors, and one message she has received repeatedly is that Lahn must “Go Pound Sand!”
During her turn at center stage, Moms Across America founder Zen Honeycutt shared how she had lost many family members because of unhealthy food, including her son Ben.
Zen explained that Iowa exports most of its agricultural production for livestock feed or other products, echoing Lahn’s proposal to one day source 80% of Iowans’ food from within the state. “Iowa grown, for our own,” she chanted, as the crowd enthusiastically joined in. “I’m here today for the man who puts Iowa first, and it is Zach Lahn…. Be responsible for health and freedom, and vote for Zach Lahn today!”
Iowans also spoke, including congressional candidate Joe Mitchell, Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird, and Iowa House District 40 candidate Bill Gustoff. The effect was to meld national and local MAHA passions behind Lahn, and build toward the night’s big names.
Another speaker, Calley Means, was infused with the spirited zeal of the occasion. He asked the audience: “Why are Iowan kids so sick? Why are China and hedge funds buying up Iowa farmland?” Means labeled Lahn an “insurgent candidate” who focuses on human health, challenging Iowans to choose between the status quo and visionary,
bipartisan solutions. “Bobby Kennedy is the most fearless man I have ever met,” Means said. “We must put people like Bobby and Zach Lahn in power… The reason we have these crises is because of corruption, and there are so few leaders like Zach who speak the truth.”
Self-styled ‘lunatic farmer’ Joel Salatin
Hours before the event, energy and excitement were high. The food was apropos: Lahn donor and MAHA ally Steak ‘n Shake provided a robust supply of beef tallow French fries and grass-finished burgers. A
nd the first 100 attendees received a complimentary copy of Pete Evans’ The MAHA Cookbook, while others donned various MAHA hats (often stacked atop a MAGA or other hat). Raw chocolate milk was free, as were samplings of pork and beef bacon and other meaty treats.
MAHA T-shirts, hats, and buttons intermingled with Lahn slogans on shirts and jackets. American flags and Christian symbolism were prominent.
Following Lyons, Florida Surgeon General Joe Ladapo took the stage to proclaim that he and his family are ‘all in’ on the MAHA mission.
“We need leaders like Zach Lahn who will restore our connection to our birthright, an agenda for better health…. It’s important to vote for people who care about you and have your back. Let’s support Zach Lahn and every candidate out there who will stand for MAHA and your family’s health!”
Next up was Iowa House District 43 candidate Nicole Hasso, a particular firebrand who exhorted her fellow Iowans: “Why are we here? Because we want clean water, because we want Iowa first, and because we declare war on cancer.”
Hasso thanked Kennedy for “bringing MAHA to Iowa,” and elicited loud cheers when she shouted, “Our state is at a crossroads. I don’t want them to Minnesota my Iowa!”
Referring to Lahn’s Democratic Party opponent, Rob Sand, she said she has knocked on thousands of doors, and one message she has received repeatedly is that Lahn must “Go Pound Sand!”
During her turn at center stage, Moms Across America founder Zen Honeycutt shared how she had lost many family members because of unhealthy food, including her son Ben.
Zen explained that Iowa exports most of its agricultural production for livestock feed or other products, echoing Lahn’s proposal to one day source 80% of Iowans’ food from within the state. “Iowa grown, for our own,” she chanted, as the crowd enthusiastically joined in. “I’m here today for the man who puts Iowa first, and it is Zach Lahn…. Be responsible for health and freedom, and vote for Zach Lahn today!”
Iowans also spoke, including congressional candidate Joe Mitchell, Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird, and Iowa House District 40 candidate Bill Gustoff. The effect was to meld national and local MAHA passions behind Lahn, and build toward the night’s big names.
Another speaker, Calley Means, was infused with the spirited zeal of the occasion. He asked the audience: “Why are Iowan kids so sick? Why are China and hedge funds buying up Iowa farmland?” Means labeled Lahn an “insurgent candidate” who focuses on human health, challenging Iowans to choose between the status quo and visionary,
bipartisan solutions. “Bobby Kennedy is the most fearless man I have ever met,” Means said. “We must put people like Bobby and Zach Lahn in power… The reason we have these crises is because of corruption, and there are so few leaders like Zach who speak the truth.”
Self-styled ‘lunatic farmer’ Joel Salatin