![]() It remains, however, as evidence of Chapman’s beliefs leading to his ad accusations that Trone Garriott is a “radical activist” and likely worse.įor her part, the Democrat certainly is an activist and perhaps “radical” in some eyes-but not in the Chapman context.įor disclosure, as a member of Faith Lutheran Church in Clive, I became acquainted with Trone Garriott when she served as our associate pastor before joining the Des Moines Area Religious Council in 2017. ![]() The measure, widely criticized, got out of the Senate Judiciary Committee but was never brought to a vote on the Iowa Senate floor. To deal with the supposed harm caused by teachers, Chapman introduced Senate File 2198, which, among other things, would have sent teachers to jail for exposing students to books he considered obscene. The attack on our children is no longer hidden.” Chapman warned, “One doesn’t have to look far to see the sinister agenda occurring right before our eyes. In the “politics ain’t beanbag” way of things, Chapman gained some state and perhaps national notoriety when he opened the 2022 session of the Iowa legislature with accusations that public school teachers were corrupting Iowa youth. So, here is a take on the race between Republican Jake Chapman, the Iowa Senate president, and Democratic State Senator Sarah Trone Garriott, who both wound up in the newly fashioned Iowa Senate district 14. One hopes that having sorted it out, we will cast informed ballots on November 8, regardless of the “equal-opportunity” smears and deception in so much of the election chaos. ![]() Voters have to sort it out and even write about one ad or another, as is the case with this post and the responses to Reynolds’ ad. So candidates are free to counter campaign broadcast ad lies by an opponent with lies of their own. (Under the First Amendment, newspapers largely can do what they want with campaign ads licensed broadcast stations cannot.) In fact politics may be even less “beanbag” today, when federal laws prohibit broadcast stations from editing or refusing to run campaign ads even if the ads are clearly false, misleading, or maybe obscene. Dooley, pontificating about rough-house Chicago politics. That “beanbag” contrast is as true today as it was in 1895, when Finley Peter Dunne quoted his fictional character, Mr. Yes, commentators from Bleeding Heartland to the Des Moines Register's editors have rightly condemned Governor Kim Reynolds' ads against DeJear as race-baiting.Īnd yes, “politics ain’t beanbag.” It’s not for the thin-skinned. Herb Strentz reflects on Republican Jake Chapman's claim that his Democratic opponent Sarah Trone Garriott is a "radical activist."įear-mongering and baseless campaign attacks against candidates for public office are not restricted to Iowans who dare to seek election while being Black-as is the case for Deidre DeJear, Iowa's Democratic candidate for governor.
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