Sen. Chuck Grassley's daughter carries on family's rocky relationship with deer

Brett T. | 3:46 PM on June 17, 2015

Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley inadvertently made the phrase “Assume deer dead” his catch phrase in 2012 when tweeting about a collision on Highway 136. Grassley has since continued to update the public on collisions and close calls with the animals, even checking in when he manages to travel the same highway and not hit a deer.

Today, Grassley notes that his daughter is carrying on the family tradition of tangling with the creatures.

Just got word that my daughter Wendy totaled car She is ok She hit deer Deer dead. No presumption I'm told

— ChuckGrassley (@ChuckGrassley) June 17, 2015

@delrayser @ChuckGrassley Huge laugh. Fantastic

— Michael Shure (@michaelshure) June 17, 2015

@ChuckGrassley @morninggloria this is exactly the sort of text my grandma would send me

— Jennifer C. Martin (@notreallyjcm) June 17, 2015

https://twitter.com/Big_Tony_Rides/status/611239358079877121

https://twitter.com/pasparakis/status/611240299982159873

@ChuckGrassley y'all hit deer a lot

— Ryan (@chasinghumility) June 17, 2015

@ChuckGrassley @jeremyscahill Somewhere in a wood there is a picture of the Grassley family with a red circle and a line thru it.

— As I Sit Here Today (@IngaProgressive) June 17, 2015

@ChuckGrassley that deer stood its ground. Lost.

— Whiskey Sam (@WhiskeySam99) June 17, 2015

https://twitter.com/dooger2/status/611235344072200193

No doubt about that. Grassley confirmed that he does indeed write his own tweets — not that there was ever any question.

@ChuckGrassley @jeremyscahill Chuck: are you aware that you can hire people to manage your social media? Because you sound like a damn fool.

— LisaAnnGallagher (@LisaAnnGallaghr) June 17, 2015