Sen. Chuck Grassley
Charles (Chuck) Ernest GrassleyGOP plays hardball in race to confirm Trump's court picks Trump officials ratchet up drug pricing fight Dems angered by GOP plan to hold judicial hearings in October MORE (R-Iowa) renewed his feud with the History Channel in a tweet Saturday, blasting the network over the lack of history programming.
“Turned to History Channel 'The Curse of Oak Island '. Again no history Change name of channel to'ETC,' ” Grassley tweeted.
Turned to History Channel "The Curse of Oak Island ". Again no history Change name of channel to"ETC"
— ChuckGrassley (@ChuckGrassley) December 9, 2017
Grassley is no stranger to taking swipes at the network, previously slamming them for airing the show “Pawn Stars,” which follows a family-run pawn shop in Las Vegas.
If u don't like history now is time to go HISTORY CHANNEL and u can watch PAWN STARS
— ChuckGrassley (@ChuckGrassley) December 29, 2016
The top Republican’s Twitter feud with the network dates back to at least 2012, bemoaning the channel’s lack of “real, old-fashioned history program[s].”
Ocassionally I turn to History channel hope to c history. Whenevr will the history channel hv a real old fashion histry program
— ChuckGrassley (@ChuckGrassley) January 6, 2012
Just love history. So occasionally I turn to history channel. "mud cats" when wi they put history back on the channel
— ChuckGrassley (@ChuckGrassley) February 25, 2012
History. No history. Axe man Timber Nothing historical. Back to FOX. Sigh. Suggest name to change channel name
— ChuckGrassley (@ChuckGrassley) March 18, 2012
The History Channel finished 2016 ranked eighth in ratings out of all basic cable networks.
