Iowa Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds, a white female who is running for reelection against a black female opponent, stands accused of … racism. The Iowa Democratic Party chairman, a black man, leveled the charge against her. Reynolds’ sin? She put out a political ad, over a week ago, attacking her opponent for what Reynolds considers bad Democratic policies. In response, the Iowa Democratic Party chair Ross Wilburn tweeted: “We need to call this what it is: a cheap, racist and dangerous stunt using harmful stereotypes to score political points.”
Did Reynolds’ ad denounce her opponent as “a low-IQ individual,” as former President Donald Trump called black Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., a put-down that CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin described as “racist”? Of course, it was not “racist” when Waters, a Cal State sociology major, questioned the intelligence of Dr. Ben Carson, the Yale and University of Michigan Medical School grad and the black former head of pediatric neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins and Trump’s choice for HUD Secretary. About Carson, Waters said, “This guy just doesn’t have the background, the capability, the intelligence to do the job. He doesn’t know what he’s doing.” No, Reynolds did not do that.
Did Reynolds, like Hillary Clinton, characterize “half” of the supporters of her opponent as “irredeemable” and consigned to a “basket of deplorables”? No, Reynolds said nothing of the sort.
Did Reynolds, as did President Joe Biden, denounce her opponent’s supporters as “extreme” adherents of “semi-fascism”? Biden, days later, added: “MAGA Republicans do not respect the Constitution. They do not believe in the rule of law. They do not recognize the will of the people. …. They promote authoritarian leaders, and they fan the flames of political violence that are a threat to our personal rights.” Never mind the long list of Democratic “election deniers” and “extreme” adherents of “semi-fascism” including former Vice President Al Gore, Hillary Clinton, former Sen. Barbara Boxer, former President Jimmy Carter, Stacey Abrams and Rep. Bennie Thompson, the chairman of the Jan. 6 Commission. (See my recent article, “What About Democratic ‘Election Deniers’?”) No, Reynolds’ ad did nothing of the sort.
Oh, by the way, how is Reynolds doing as a governor? In a July 2022 Des Moines Register poll, Reynolds held a 17-point lead over her opponent. The libertarian Cato Institute grades governors, A through F, based on their tax and spending record. In 2020 — the last Cato report card — Reynolds received a A, one of only four governors to score that high.
So, what in the name of Adolf Hitler/fascism/the KKK did the “racist” 30-second ad actually say and depict? Well, it starts out with Rep. Cori Bush, D-Missouri, who is black, saying, “Defunding the police has to happen.” Then it cuts to Reynolds, sitting at a table, who says: “Watching the news, you wonder. Has the rest of the country lost its mind?” Reynolds then says: “Attacks on the police. Open borders. Paying people not to work. Aren’t you glad you live in Iowa?” This was accompanied with three quick visuals: a violent street protest; a video of the southern border being overrun; and a sign that reads “From Work To Welfare.” The last 10 seconds shows Reynolds walking down a Main Street-like sidewalk and passing small business storefronts. She says: “Here we still have common sense. We kept businesses open and kids in school. We cut taxes, support our police. Because in Iowa, America still works.”
That’s it.
No pickup truck dragging a black man chained to the bumper? No cross burning on the suburban lawn of a black Des Moines family? No fist-shaking mob of Aryan brothers waving the Confederate battlefield flag while marching in the middle of the street in a black neighborhood? C’mon, Gov., raise your game!
I promptly challenged Wilburn, via Twitter, to a debate at a time and place of his choosing. I want him to enlighten me on exactly how and why a normal, sentient human being could deem this standard political ad “racist.” So far, no response from the chairman.
You won’t get a response Larry, they have achieved what they want already.
At one time nobody questioned people’s appointments to jobs, now I immediately question its were they appointed based on their skin colour or sexual deviance?
That is a win. Every time a leftist loses a debate, which they do 10 times out 10, they start the name calling.
100% Correct. And when the shrieking and invocation of the race card have less and less effect, that’s when the SUVs start running over parade goers, Molotov cocktails incinerate cities and Bernie Bros shoot up GOP softball practices. Etc. etc. etc.
The Democrats don’t need to demonstrate that it was a racist ad. They only need to be on record saying it was a racist ad. The media and the leftist activists will spread the disinformation. This was done when Trump was declared racist. It was also done when voter ID was declared racist.
I have heard Biden buddies say that Trump is a sexist, so I asked them what did they call Bill Clinton, and while they ponder that question, what did they call Mrs Clinton who publicly denigrated all the women her husband had sex with.
Then without answering they say, well Trump is a racist, so I ask them to declare what he said that was racist and while they ponder that, tell me why Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson handed Trump an Award in thanks for all the good he had done for the Black American Communities around NYC and while they ponder that, why did Snoop Doggie Crap have his arm around the shoulders of Trump inside the Trump Tower when Snoop Doggie Crap called Trump.. Ma main Man…
The answers never come, they just stare into the distance and then ask.. Are you a Trump supporter…
Ya cant fix this kind of stupid.