Defending Local Control: How Iowa's GOP is Undermining Conservative Principles

Once the party of rugged individualists and local control, the new compulsory attendance mandate exemplifies the new authoritarian approach of the Iowa GOP.

Dec 31, 2024

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Traditional conservative policy goals are no longer represented by the new trends of the authoritarian far-right now holding all levers of power in the state.

The Iowa GOP, under the leadership of Kim Reynolds has flipped traditional conservatism on its head. Gone are the traditional conservative principles of a small, hands-off government. The linked…

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