Police Week Reminder: Gov Candidates Are Bankrolled by Criminals Who Attacked Police Officers
DES MOINES – As Iowans honor our law enforcement officers during National Police Week, don’t forget that the Republican gubernatorial candidates are bankrolled by violent criminals who attacked police officers:
- Zach Lahn “received [his] largest campaign donations from” Dan DeNeui, who was “later pardoned for [his] roles in the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot, campaign finance records show … video evidence showed DeNeui using a flag pole to break into the Capitol and hit a police officer.”
- Brad Sherman’s largest donor, Leo Kelly, “was one of the first offenders arrested for his actions at the U.S. Capitol.” Sherman has appeared on Kelly’s podcast and praised him and the other violent rioters at the Capitol, calling them “patriots.”
- Sherman also proudly accepted an endorsement from former State Rep. Luana Stoltenberg, who attended a rally at the U.S. Capitol on January 6th, 2021, and claimed “there are NO riots here.”
Randy Feenstra also has a record of undermining law enforcement. Feenstra refused to speak out against letting dangerous rioters who assaulted police officers back on the street and even praised these violent criminals as “a wonderful group.”
From Iowa Democratic Party spokesperson Terra Hernandez:
“The Republicans running for governor have embraced dangerous rioters who assaulted police officers, bragged about endorsements from conspiracy theorists, and refused to speak out against insiders letting violent criminals walk free. Randy Feenstra, Zach Lahn, and Brad Sherman won’t stand up for law enforcement, and Iowans can’t trust them with their safety as governor.”
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