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Elderly GOP senator sparks right-wing fury with bizarre fixation

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Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), 92, published yet another online post Saturday complaining about vacuum cleaners, only this time sparking right-wing backlash in the process. For years, Grassley has spoken at length about “Beth” – a vintage Hoover vacuum cleaner that had been used by his family for close to 50 years before it broke earlier this month, leading the Iowa Republican to issue a bizarre eulogy for the household appliance. More than a week later on Saturday, Grassley expressed his disappointment that his 1966 Electrolux Corporation canister vacuum cleaner was “also broken.” Billy Ray Todd , a former Republican Alabama state House candidate with a large online following, criticized Grassley for airing his vacuum cleaner-related grievances, arguing that the 92-year-old senator should instead “be in DC passing the SAVE Act,” President Donald Trump’s controversial voter ID bill. Joe Dan Gorman , a conservative commentator and comedian, argued Grassley’s online post demonstrated either