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The Washington Post accused Iowa Republicans of “targeting the LGBTQ community” in a hit piece Monday and of making the state the new “Florida of the North<\/u><\/a>.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Republicans in the Iowa legislature, empowered by the state\u2019s recent \u2018red wave,\u2019 have embarked on an ambitious new agenda that includes a costly school choice bill and legislation targeting the LGBTQ community, a historic divergence from Iowa\u2019s history as a civil rights bastion,” Washington Post reporter Annie Gowen wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“A joke among statehouse reporters is that Iowa is becoming the \u2018Florida of the North\u2019 \u2014 without the beaches,” she added.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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The Post mentioned Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds, a Republican, 10 times in the article, portraying her as a culture warrior on “gun rights,” “school choice” and “abortion access.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

But The Washington Post drew a particular connection between so-called “Don\u2019t say gay” protestors in Iowa and Florida.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Leftist activists have notably called Florida\u2019s Parental Rights in Education<\/u><\/a> bill, which became law in March, the “Don\u2019t say gay” bill, in an attempt to smear Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The law prevents school employees or third parties from giving classroom instruction on “sexual orientation” or “gender identity” for students anywhere from kindergarten through the third grade.<\/p>\n

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The Post argued that Reynolds has focused her power on restricting the LGBTQ community.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Even as teens draped in rainbow flags crowded into the Capitol rotunda chanting \u2018We say gay\u2019 on March 8, Iowa lawmakers quickly passed three bills related to gay and transgender rights, culminating with a measure to ban gender-affirming care for transgender youth that is awaiting Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds\u2019s signature,” The Post claimed.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The article cited politicians and activists opposed to Reynolds to make its case that the Republican governor<\/u><\/a> was an “activist” leader.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“From about 2019 until this year, attacks on LGBTQ Iowans have been exponentially increasing,” One Iowa Action\u2019s director of policy and advocacy Keenan Crow reportedly told The Washington Post.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“I believe it\u2019s primarily because of the governor and her shifting priorities. It seems for whatever reason, she wants Iowa to be more like Florida.”<\/p>\n

On school choice, a former Iowa mayor accused Reynolds of becoming “extreme.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

“That\u2019s a red flag when your head of government is primarying her own party. It is an indication that the ideologies are becoming more extreme,” former Indianola mayor Kelly Shaw said, according to The Washington Post.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“The governor has effectively removed her opposition, and that is pretty extraordinary,” Shaw added.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Gov. Reynolds’ office did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n

Fox News\u2019 Jessica Chasmar contributed to this report.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Source – https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/media\/liberals-whine-iowa-becoming-florida-north-targeting-lgbtq-community <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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