He's Iowa's most powerful politician.
More than pig farm lady?
LOL No. He is literally Iowa's Huelskamp. He's a rep in the least populated, most remote and rural part of the state. He can say and do outrageous crap because his constituency only cares that he's Republican, Christian, white, and male, in that order. He'll be sitting pretty until he does something to cost his people money and someone fitting the archetype challenges him in a primary.