Ernst’s camp responded to Wasserman Schultz even before she held her public event, calling her and U.S. Rep. Bruce Braley of Waterloo — Ernst’s opponent in the Nov. 4 election — opponents of the Keystone XL pipeline and leading proponents of Obamacare and the false promise that Americans would be able to keep their existing insurance.

“There is no better spokesman for Beltway Bruce Braley than Debbie Wasserman Schultz, DNC chair,” Ernst campaign spokeswoman Gretchen Hamel said in a statement. “We hope she enjoys Iowa just as much as we enjoy her reminding Iowans just how out of touch Braley is with Iowa values.”

Wasserman Schultz said the contrast between Republicans and Democrats is going to be very clear in the fall campaign and Iowans will get a taste of that Saturday when 2016 GOP presidential prospects U.S. Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal and former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania address delegates to the Republican Party of Iowa’s state convention.

“Some of the most radical and out-of-touch members of the Republican Party who have their eyes set on the White House will be in that convention hall tomorrow to hoist Joni Ernst on their far-right wing shoulders,” she said.