HINSON: Well, I think Iowans know that I am going to advocate for Iowa's priorities no matter who the president is. And I -- I talked with President Trump last week about this. You know, I -- I had a good conversation with him about, hey, we've got get a -- a better deal for soybeans here in Iowa done. If -- if he's going to say something that's wrong, I'm going to challenge him on it. I -- I said that with the cattle, the import of the beef, right? I was at the state fair with our farmers. I'm not afraid to say, hey, I disagree with you on this, but I'll be an ally to somebody when they're with me.

I've governed under both presidents. I came in under President Biden, with Nancy Pelosi as the speaker, and I was able to get bills passed and get things done for Iowa. So, I think I've proven that no matter who has the White House, it turns out you've got to work with the person who's signing the bills, and then no matter who has the gavels, I'm going to work with them. And I'm going to speak out when it's wrong for Iowa.

BAIER: We said at the beginning of the show, we asked Josh Turek, state representative, to come on, the Democratic nominee for Senate. We asked his campaign if he didn't want to come, send a surrogate. We would set up a live remote. He did not choose to do that. The campaign did not choose to do that. He comes after you a number of different ways. One of them is this ad. I want you to respond to it. Take a listen.

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UNIDENTIFIED: Ashley Hinson's net worth has increased up to 8 million since she went to Congress. And she holds up to 5 million in stock, despite telling Iowans she sold off her stocks.

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BAIER: So, basically, the premise is you're making money in -- in office and people are hurting at home.

HINSON: Yeah. Total lies in how they're portraying that. And I told Josh Turek in our debate this week that those lies are beneath him. It's shameful what they're willing to do. He's willing to do and say anything to win election. We sold all of our publicly traded stocks in 2021. It's on our financial disclosure report that members of Congress are required to actually submit. And then my husband built and sold a successful business that he also happened to sell in 2021. So they are totally trying to mislead Iowans on the facts here, and I've led the charge on stock trading bans. I voted for it.

BAIER: So you would be for that?

HINSON: Oh, yeah. I voted for it in the House.

BAIER: Across the board?

HINSON: Yes. I don't think members of Congress should be trading stocks. I don't think the best investment on Wall Street should be a seat in Congress. So I've led on that. Prediction markets, which is kind of the new frontier here, I don't think people who have access to inside information should be able to place bets on that, right? I think that's just common sense. So I think we made the right call. There was no requirement in 2021 to sell, but we did that. We sold our publicly traded stocks for that reason.

BAIER: So you called Turek -- you say he'd vote -- he would vote like a Northeast liberal.

HINSON: Mm-hmm.

BAIER: He pushes back and says, I had hundreds of votes with Iowa Republicans to get things done. Why do you think that he's not the moderate that he portrays on the stump and in his ads?

HINSON: Yeah. He is a liberal cosplaying as a moderate. If you look at his actual voting record, it's no wonder he doesn't want to talk about it. First of all, he skipped 58 percent of votes this year at the state capital. He was more concerned about getting a promotion than actually showing up to do the job -- the job that Iowans elected him to do. And then when he did show up, so he was there less than half the time, he was wrong the other time.