Iowa Democratic Party Statement on Trump’s Threats to Democracy Ahead of January 6
IDP Chair Rita Hart released the following statement ahead of Trump’s latest trip to Iowa:
“On January 6, 2021, Donald Trump showed Iowans that he would sacrifice our democracy and defy the will of the people in order to cling to power after he lost the 2020 election. Three years later, Trump’s here in Iowa to try to rewrite history and deny his role in inciting a deadly insurrection on our nation’s Capitol – but Iowans watched with their own eyes as he encouraged his supporters to riot before they violently assaulted law enforcement. We lived through one of the darkest days in our nation’s history because of Donald Trump, and yet, he is still threatening to tear apart the foundations of this country if he gets the chance. As he campaigns across Iowa today and tomorrow, Iowans will never forget how a Trump presidency brought our democracy and freedoms to the brink of ruin or his promises to do it once again.”
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