Politico NY’s City Hall Bureau Chief Sally Gold was in Iowa covering Bill de Blasio entrance into the 2020 primary and she has some thoughts on the state. Some very, very bad thoughts:

Observations from Iowa – it is very flat, driving is monotonous, there is more unbuilt land in one block than NYC has in an entire borough, dirt roads are terrifying, no one carries almond milk and caucus-goers are extremely well-informed. — Sally Goldenberg (@SallyGold) May 18, 2019

And she’s really eager to get back to that subway!

And @ndhapple and I will never be so happy to step onto a subway again. — Sally Goldenberg (@SallyGold) May 18, 2019

Gold is basically the total opposite of Salena Zito:

And here’s Twitchy favorite Iowahawk with the BRUTAL takedown this tweet deserved:

Legit this is the funniest thing I've ever readhttps://t.co/bqpfQ4cd8d — David Burge (@iowahawkblog) May 19, 2019

Always enjoy an excluse to post one of my old Midwestern Gorillas in the Mist bits, like "Heart of Redness"https://t.co/RUhgPHsmYL — David Burge (@iowahawkblog) May 19, 2019

Iowa should change its state motto to "Monotonously Terrifying" — David Burge (@iowahawkblog) May 19, 2019

"dirt roads"?

"blocks?"

Next time I go to New York I'm going to try to describe some of them thar cee-ment people barns — David Burge (@iowahawkblog) May 19, 2019

OMG I feel like Neil Armstrong #OneSmallStepForMan pic.twitter.com/tub2KuIWEZ — David Burge (@iowahawkblog) May 19, 2019

I guess being called "extremely well-informed" is a compliment, but it's sorta like being told you're very handsome by the Elephant Man — David Burge (@iowahawkblog) May 19, 2019

"A native of Elizabeth, New Jersey, Sally now lives in Brooklyn. She has a bachelor’s degree in Journalism from Rutgers University." https://t.co/P4WSAtK63nhttps://t.co/B703qoNMsr — David Burge (@iowahawkblog) May 19, 2019

Sorry your stay was unsatisfactory ma'am, next time we'll be sure to spray everything down with 100 million gallons of hobo pisshttps://t.co/qLnpaouXIY — David Burge (@iowahawkblog) May 19, 2019

HERE THERE BE MONSTERS pic.twitter.com/6wJKcb9zl0 — David Burge (@iowahawkblog) May 19, 2019

Politico editor: we're not going to be caught by surprise again like in 2016, let's send our top Brooklyn cat lady to find out what's going on out there — David Burge (@iowahawkblog) May 19, 2019

Roll up your windows when you drive through our hood, yohttps://t.co/15TmtOQT18 — David Burge (@iowahawkblog) May 19, 2019

I've been everywhere man

I've been everywhere man I've been to Jersey City Elizabeth City

Brooklyn Downtown Staten Island Midtown

East Village Staten Island West Village Long Island

Brunswick Bushwick Yonkers Bronx sir I've been everywhere — David Burge (@iowahawkblog) May 19, 2019

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We’re not crying, YOU’RE CRYING! You’ll need ALL the tissue reading Iowahawk’s thread honoring his mom on Mother’s Day https://t.co/ekMxCpQ8U7 — Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) May 12, 2019