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A near-capacity crowd at Barley’s welcomed presidential candidate and governor of Montana Steve Bullock Tuesday afternoon.

Before entering Barley’s, Bullock, who had just toured flooding destruction in Pacific Junction, spoke briefly to the press.

Asked if he would consider recommending lowering the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Fort Peck Dam reservoir to create additional flood storage capacity, Bullock said he would consider such a recommendation to lessen downstream flooding on the Missouri River.

Inside Bullock spoke for nearly an hour on topics including stopping corruption, healthcare reform, education, and the future of the U.S.

Council Bluffs marked his last stop in his “Fighting for rural Iowa tour.” The timing was mentioned as President Donald Trump was also in Council Bluffs as Bullock was speaking at Barley’s.

“Yeah, we need to beat Donald Trump, but we also need to make sure that this democracy and this economy are working for everyone, not just for the (Koch brothers) of the world or the Trumps of the world,” Bullock said.

Bullock noted Trump had won Montana by 20 points, and he had won his election to the governor’s office by 4, meaning 25% to 30% of his constituents had voted for Trump.