Hello,

Fox “News” published its first hit piece on me.

Apparently, never having held elected office, I am somehow responsible for inflation and gas prices… What a laugh.

The “reporter” reached out for comment, but they get the same answer as Russian TV: I don’t participate in the production of propaganda.

The attacks from Chuck Grassley, Mitch McConnell, and the Fox ‘Entertainment’ News propaganda machine have begun. They’re going to spin lie after lie from now until November – anything to try to stop me from beating Grassley this November and turning Iowa blue.

They’re scared. Chuck Grassley has never faced an opponent like me before. A retired military guy with rural roots who is outraising him because of grassroots donors like you? Grassley’s in trouble. And the polls confirm it.

We can win, but we have to fight back now – and we have to fight back hard. Our fundraising has really slowed down recently, and we’re now dangerously short of our $100,000 fundraising goal. If I’m going to send Grassley packing, I need grassroots donors like you to give now – before our critical fundraising deadline:

Please, if you’re able to, will you chip in $5 or more right now – whatever you can afford goes a long way – to help me defeat Chuck Grassley, turn Iowa blue, and protect our Democratic majority in the Senate?

I’m not afraid of Fox, but I can’t take on their lies alone.

I’m so grateful for your support,

Mike Franken, U.S. Navy (ret.)