FORT MADISON, Iowa (KCRG) – It was standing room only at Fort Madison’s City Hall with Iowans looking to get answers from Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley on Tuesday. At times, it got heated with people shouting over one another. KCRG-TV   reports one focus was the impact of tariffs and President Trump’s trade war with China that’s left farmers caught in the middle.

Several accused Congress of letting President Trump’s power go unchecked – pointing to the wrongful deportation of a man to a brutal prison in El Salvador and the White House now ignoring an order to bring him back. Several others called on Senator Grassley to “stand up for average Americans,” with a woman from Mt. Pleasant saying (in essence) the rich are getting what they need but the average American is struggling, and no one is paying attention to them.

Grassley defended Republican platforms as helping the economy and taxpayers – pointing to Iowa as an example. KCRG reports he said “It’s very clear that the policies of the last 15 years of Republican governors is much better for the taxpayer, getting taxes lowered, having balanced budgets, not having across-the-board tax cuts like we did when we had 12 years of democratic governors.”

Some expressed their doubts about whether things would change, and less confidence in Senator Grassley’s ability to affect change.