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Chuck Grassley joins TikTok. His first video? A tribute to a vacuum.

U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley has created a TikTok account. His first post? An ode to his favorite vacuum cleaner, Beth.

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Des Moines Register· Sep 2, 6:16 PMChuck Grassley joins TikTok. His first video? A tribute to a vacuum.Also ran in Davenport Quad-City Times

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Chuck Grassley joins TikTok; first post tributes vacuumU.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley’s first post on the social media application was an ode to his almost 50-year-old vacuum, Beth.

Davenport Quad-City Times28d agoWhole story →

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