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Sun Sep 2, 2018, 10:14 PM Sep 2018

Blum still upset the media doesn't genuflect in front of him [View all]

Yeah, Blum is whining about how the media doesn't genuflect in front of him.

For a second time in a week, Rod Blum, Iowa's First District congressman, is alleging media bias.

In a Friday evening tweet, the Republican questioned the ethics of Ryan Foley, an Associated Press reporter, after he asked the congressman's staff a question about Blum's membership in a Facebook group called "Tea Party.”

In the tweet, Blum said the reporter contacted staff to "tie me to racist material being shared by random people worldwide on an open Facebook group I don't even know exists..." Blum went on to say, "This 'journalist' is obsessed w hating on Republicans & abuses his position." In addition, the congressman posted the reporter's emailed question, including his contact information.

It was earlier this week, Blum's other Twitter account went after KCRG-TV9 following an interview last year. In it, TV9's Josh Scheinblum asked Blum about a First District I.D. requirement to attend the congressman's upcoming town hall meeting.
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