Bohannan's 2021 'Back the Blue' Critique Resurfaces in Iowa 1st Race She Lost by 799 Votes
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Updated · Fox News · Sep 17
Bohannan's 2021 'Back the Blue' Critique Resurfaces in Iowa 1st Race She Lost by 799 Votes
1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Sep 17
Summary
A 2021 clip shows Christina Bohannan calling Iowa's 'Back the Blue' law an 'overreaction' and suggesting support for it reflected lawmakers' limited contact with minorities.
The resurfaced remarks hit as Bohannan, the Democratic nominee in Iowa's highly competitive 1st District, makes her third bid to unseat Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks after a 799-vote loss in 2024.
Senate File 342, signed by Gov. Kim Reynolds in 2021 after the George Floyd unrest, increased penalties for rioting and unlawful assembly and added limited civil-liability protection for drivers exercising due care.
Bohannan argued at the time the bill went too far, saying it would shield drivers who hit protesters, but the enacted provision applies only when a driver uses due care and the injured person was blocking traffic.
Republicans have repeatedly cast Bohannan as soft on crime in all three campaigns, and her campaign did not respond to requests for comment on whether she still stands by the 2021 remarks.