Two progressive Midwest candidates are moving forward as the Democratic Party picks for the U.S. House of Representatives in Iowa. The women’s pasts are proof that the party is sticking with woke ideology that may not align with nearly 80% of Iowa.
Sarah Trone Garriott, seeking to unseat Rep. Zach Nunn, R-Iowa, and Christina Bohannan, seeking to unseat Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, will be the Democrat candidates on the ticket in November after winning their primaries Tuesday night.
“Instead of trying to appeal to hardworking people, they are running the Wicked Witch of Woke [Trone Garriott] and the Queen of DEI [Bohannan], who are in an open competition with each other to see who can insult Iowa values more and prove they are the true left-wing lunatic,” Republican National Committee spokesman Zach Kraft told the Daily Signal.
The ‘Wicked Witch of Woke’
In a resurfaced podcast clip, Trone Garriott, a white woman, said she was “uncomfortable” with large populations of white people.
“Yeah, I remember the first time I came back to northern Minnesota to visit, and I was kind of shocked at how many white people there were. … I was like ‘whoa,’ and again I was uncomfortable in a different way,” she said.
Nearly 85% of the population in Iowa is white.
Trone Garriott is an ordained minister in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, though she and the church have conflicting views with mainstream Christianity. The progressive church focuses its teaching on social statements such as supporting abortion, human sexuality, and gender justice.
The minister has even admitted she is uncomfortable with the phrase “one nation under God, indivisible,” taken from the Pledge of Allegiance.
“This is not a Christian nation. It’s a nation for all of us,” Trone Garriott told her church congregants.
“Every time Sarah Trone Garriott tells Iowans she’s uncomfortable with them, defends witchcraft, and votes to put men in girls sports, Zach’s coalition for common sense grows,” Mark Matava, a spokesman for Nunn, told the Daily Signal.
“Zach Nunn is a fighter for Iowa. He’s won one of the most competitive districts in the country twice by building a coalition of Republicans, Democrats, and independents more interested in results than lectures,” Matava continued.
The ‘Queen of DEI’
This is Bohannan’s third attempt at unseating Miller-Meeks, though the past two elections have been razor-thin. In 2022, she lost by 6.8% of the vote. But in 2024, she came just shy by 0.2%.
Democrats are giving her a third chance, though she is not stepping away from her two-time unsuccessful policies.
The former law professor believes diversity, equity, and inclusion implementation in classrooms is the answer to solving “systemic racism,” and that if Iowa goes against it, the state is “backwards.”
“She doesn’t represent Iowa values, she rejects them,” a spokesperson for Miller-Meeks’ campaign told the Daily Signal. “Iowa isn’t backwards; Christina Bohannan is just a radical leftist who is completely out of touch with the people she wants to represent.”
“[Bohannan] wants to defund the police, believes men should play in women’s sports, and refused to support tax relief for Iowa seniors.”
Trone Garriott and Bohannan did not respond to the Daily Signal’s requests for comment.
Virginia Grace McKinnon is a journalism fellow for the Daily Signal.
The opinions expressed by columnists are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of AMAC or AMAC Action.
All that can be said — The Republican voters had better show up to ensure that these 2 flakes don’t get voted into office for representation
Please God…no more Tweedle Dee and and Tweedle Dum Candidates. Please Iowans…think before you Vote.
They are enemies to our country! Our country was founded on the constitution and religion, not sinners that will burn in hell!
Good work with writing this article Virginia It is appreciated.
So, I’m thinking that when something strange has something else strange added to it the .result is two strange things – in this case it is Big Time strange in the political sense ! Woke ? Diverersity,equity, inclusion ?. Those lost people in this United States of America who cannot figure out the fundamental ideas that make the world go round are not needed. They lack a sense of Reverence for anything that is required to do important things properly. Well written Science Fiction makes more sense than .Woke and DEI. May God help.Iowa. to see things right and may God bless America, land of the free and home of the brave.
Two more Dem morons. Hopefully they won’t get elected.
If the voter does not get those statements, the criminally insane will take over.
Maybe they should just learn to judge people, not by the color of their skins but the content of their characters. The Dumocrats should just all carry signs that say DIVIDE AND CONQUER. It’s what they seem intent on doing. I’m hoping Iowans are smart enough to see that and vote according.
This country was founded on Christian principles while being accepting of other views. As for systemic racism, that is completely false. We are way past that and continue to make strides toward a color blind society (although it may be decades before that comes to be). However, these progressive people keep trying to stir up the ignorant among us.
Im curious if these two ideologues were actually born & raised in Iowa? Or are they transplants from Soros & Singhams Blue funded War chest?
Can one find ANY normal. sane Democrats running for the House and Senate?
In truth these two women are two mor excellent exam[les of “wasted sperm”!
Pure evil, they should burn these 2 witches at the stake! Absolute Communists at heart.
Not in Iowa.
God Bless America
I am 71yo…..This is the first time I have been afraid for my kids and grandkids about the FUTURE OF AMERICA. Too dam many people only want FREE SHIT from the government. None of them want to work and EARN THEIR TROPHIES…..ie participation trophies FOR ALL. DO ALL THE WORK, EARN A TROPHY; DO NOWORK AND EARN THE SAME TROPHY…..We need ALL the hard working, tax paying, gun owning ,GOD fearing, LEGAL AMERICANS TO TAKE OUT THE TRASH AND SAVE THE UNION…..
Garriott needs to reread the Constitution to find where God fits into the plan. We are living in unbelievable times with people like these two.
please don’t let Minnesota leak down to my home state
These two are the reason that no one should ever listen to or vote for a Democrat. They are pure evil, they hate the USA, and they love socialism/communism. Just say NO.
Let’s hope Iowa people are smarter than this.
Ain’t it always funny how they are almost always nutbag, loony toon, Democrat Dictator Women?( no disrespect meant to GOOD Women).Just an observation from the dozens of stories I see like this…
Her names grace but she has none. Epstien with a flat chest.
All I can say is Republicans need to vote in primaries and every other election like our lives depend on it. Go vote and take someone with you.
Oh hey kids here come THE BROWN SHIRTS!! CERTAINLY YOU HAVE ALL HEARD ABOUT THEM!! THEY WERE THE YOUNG AND PRETTY IN HITLERS YOUTH ARMY! GET THEM YOUNG TWIST THEIR MINDS HAVE THEM FOR A LIFETIME!! OH REVEREND WHO IS IT THAT YOU PRAY TO ON SUNDAY MORNING? DO YOU HAVE A SUPPORTING CONGREGATION? DEAR PEOPLE IN IOWA PLEASE DO YOUR DUE DILIGENCE VOTE FOR THE CONSERVATIVES AND THE TRUTH!!!IN GOD WE TRUST!! WE ARE A CHRISTIAN NATION!! AND WE ARE MAGA MAGA MAGA !!!!!
So Garriott is an ordained minister of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America ….Really? I grew up in that Synod in Nebraska and last time I checked, we still believe in Right to Life, just 2 Divinely Created Genders (the God I worship makes no mistakes),and youth mutilation is still desecration of God’s bodily temple!
Garriott states that America was not created as a Christian Nation, HOW WRONG IS THAT? If Christians did not Found and Populate this country, WHO DID? Where were all of the other World’s religious leaders during that time frame? Not participating in the framing of America’s Constitution nor the Declaration of Independence both of which provide for the religious freedom we all enjoy today. Those early Christian leaders made sure that America would be a Country where Religious Freedom and Practice was accepted and protected against persecution.
Ms. Garrott, think about this; today you campaign on issues that 80% of Iowa voters do not support, issues that many Countries would throw you into prison or summarily execute you for doing or supporting as a national leader. It’s a good thing this isn’t the 14th or 15th Century because you couldn’t hide behind the cloak of the Clergy. They would strip you naked, TAR AND FEATHER YOU, and parade you down the main road of town. Then there is the issue of you openly defending Witchcraft? C’mon Girl. Ya’ know that’s a no no in the eyes of the God that has blessed this Nation continually.
In closing Ms, Garriott, you search for answers as to why you feel uncomfortable when you are in Iowa and talk to people about how you want to represent them. Are you feeling like you don’t belong? Here is a CLUE…..IOWEGENS ARE TOO SMART TO BELIEVE THE “OUT-OF-TOUCH” beliefs and philosophy that you spew. You cannot and will not pull this off because you are just too ignorant to represent the Great State of Iowa.
They are in desperate need of a reservation for room with padded walls and sporty long-sleeved jackets with sleeves tied behind their backs. We don’t need Red Flag gun laws but just maybe we do need Red Flag laws to keep rabid Marxist radical politicians from harming our citizens and nation
I am continuously amazed at the dregs of humanity that gyrate towards the democratic party. Its frightening when you realize the collection of downright evil people that form the democratic party. We must stick together and pray that these evil doers will be tossed out and forced crawl back to the cesspool’s from which they slither from.
WOW!!!!!!!!!!!! TALK ABOUT YOUR SICK, MENTALLY ILL CANDIDATES!!!!! IOWANS BETTER WAKE THE HELL UP!!! NOT WOKE UP FOR SURE!!!
Dumb and Dumber. Let’s hope and pray the voters aren’t the Dumbest!
Don’t let this happen Iowa,you’re too good for that
‘Scuse, but …. WHO are the real racist hypocrites here? (hint: Leftist “progressives”)
Geez, they look so normal.
C’mon people, don’t let these people in office. Too weird.
Of course not. Wow a white woman was upset that there were so many white people in the northern states? Really now. She should have been in Europe during WW II. There were no blacks browns or yellow people in Europe. I had never seen a black person except in a magazine or in a movie. Till I came to America in 1959. Legally by the way. Moved to the western states and the population was mostly white. In her narrow minded brain she now wants to destroy the white race. Isn’t that racism as well. These progressives never lift a finger to lift up people of color. They throw money at it but don’t fix the problem. To keep families in tact, see to it the kids get a good education. No they allow them to commit crimes and defund the police so they can rob steal murder and rape because law enforcement is racist. Education is racist and on and on. But that doesn’t help these kids nor the parents or the single mothers. These progressives talk but no action. It’s okay with them to keep the status quo. Fraud by illegals is great. Criminals are the victims. Because it is all racists. For 50 years we never heard that word and now everything and everyone is racist. Why is that democrats? Because you have no common sense. You supported subversion in this country for years. You don’t even want to celebrate 250 year of America. You hate the constitution. You skimmed money from all the programs you set up. And these two progressives running in Iowa should be voted out by a huge margin. I am always amazed on how much these progressives can spout their folderol and not one MSM outlet has a comment.
The DemoRATS, using a pool skimmer, lifted two more POS out of their filthy, stinking, mega-corrupt cess pool of evil.
Iowa voters, you better send these two left-wing, America-LAST Socialist Commie turds back to their cess pool.
GAWD!! Why do people even “think” to vote for these loons?
#1, the “Evangelical Lutheran Church” should definitely DELETE the word “Lutheran” from their name! They definitely have no Martin Lutheran in them! And to have a pastor like Gorriote should definitely be a “Lutheran Pastor”
The Democrats destroy all that is good, decent, and true. They hate, pervert, impoverish, rob, maim, rape, burn, enslave, and murder.
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Christians, lovers of God, should be ashamed of themselves if they do not vote. If they do not pray. If they don’t spread the news to vote for the best, and not the lesser of two evils. God says that if we confess our sins, He will heal our land. We need a healing.
I will pray that Iowans have more common sense and patriotism then has been shown in the last elections and will NOT vote these two America-destroying people into offices of any kind. When it is said that it’s uncomfortable to be around whites is despising what God did in creating each of us in His image. Who are they to tell us we are NOT worthy of how God made us, no matter what the color of our skin is. This nonsense has been used for eons to create division between peoples and it’s time for it to end. I love you for how you treat me and others, not because you are or aren’t a particular race, creed or nationality. God Blessed America and we forgot to thank Him. We must deny those who hate and defile us and our nation.
Looking at the political platforms of these 2 women who both appear to be highly educated, but I question their hearts and true intellect to represent the Iowan people. Iowa is a large part of our nation’s bread basket and are very loyal to their state and agricultural roots.
It looks like these 2 have missed our nation’s history and do not even understand The Constitution or the founding of our nation! Garriott is an ordained minister in a very historical religion (Martin Luther) and feels that “The US is not a Christian nation” and feels “ONE NATION UNDER GOD” should be deleted from our pledge.
President Eisenhower added that statement to the Pledge of Allegiance after having served in WWII in the European Theater and seeing the gas chambers, the POW camps and witnessing the cruelest torture that was inflicted on mostly Jews and the Christians who spoke out against the death camps. Such an evil that many of our troops, Salvation Army personnel and dedicated Christians sacrificed their lives to stop such dark evilness! Only God’s Grace gave Europeans and Americans victory over that evil regime.
Bohannon defies our American law system. Her thinking of protecting DEI IS the basis of reverse racism. In that system it is definitely RACIST at its worst with unfairness to each individual’s talents and hard work and study.
Her comment that “Iowa is backwards” and claiming the race card against the very people she hopes to represent is baffling. Her ideology is from Karl Marx and not in the US CONSTITUTION! What law is she teaching as a Professor of Law? She is asking to defund the police (who take an oath to uphold, defend and protect the law and The Constitution). Okay with men in women’s sports is against The Supreme Court’s Title IX. Sorry, but these two ARE NOT Legislative Branch qualified people to make US LAWS. A 3rd world country seems more suitable with their ideology!
Tow more completely WORTHLESS alleged human beings.
again it is up to the people.
We are too kind in the general middle conservative leaning population. We cannot be “nice” to radical leftists who work hard to undermine our traditional values. These LEFT politicians know what we believe and desire but insist on pushing us LEFT. Time we take the polite gloves off and give them a resounding NO! Iowa is full of good people and so we hope they get up and go vote to prevent this infection!
I didn’t think that IOWA had any entities that were as weird as these two.I wonder what happened to make these two have so much hate for white people.I am thinking mostly white men.THAT,would tell me a lot.OR,were they imported from Illinois or California,maybe Oregon or New York.I can’t believe that midwest farm country would spawn misfits such as these,but then Illinois does have too many of this type also.
White people should surely vote, and Black Americans should take a good long look at this candidate. What a racial slur to whites, and anyone capable of this type racism, could/would, given the needed political move, make the same distinction in any racial group.
Thank you AMAC, no one can say, they were not told!
Brainwashed leftist lunatics have no place in government or society for that matter. It’s time Americans open their eyes to the unholy alliance of leftists and Muslims looking to overthrow our government. These leftist are not even smart enough to realize they will be kicked to the curb with the rest of non-believers if Muslims gain control.
If Americans think “economy” is the number one objective of the democrats, they are nuts.
There number one objective is “impeaching the President”, and helping the woke and dei
agenda to keep rolling at full speed.
Iowans, vote smart, your lives depend on it. Kick these two to the curb.
Socialists period.
Two core COMMUNIST, AND ONE IS DEFINITELY A RACIST.Someone needs to correct the one that does not believe this a Christian Country, she lives in la la land, or move to CHINA WOULD BE BETTER.
In spite of all the atrocities the Communist Progressive Leftist Democrats commit, they keep winning elections. Sad for America.
Get out and vote to make sure you’re not stuck with either the “wicked witch of woke” or “the queen of DEI!” Their chosen “nicknames” tell you everything you need to know!