{"id":1113489,"date":"2021-12-13T05:14:05","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T10:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1113489"},"modified":"2021-12-13T05:14:07","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T10:14:07","slug":"iowa-dem-promoted-radical-groups-that-bail-out-violent-criminals-work-to-abolish-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iowa-dem-promoted-radical-groups-that-bail-out-violent-criminals-work-to-abolish-police\/","title":{"rendered":"Iowa Dem Promoted Radical Groups That Bail Out Violent Criminals, Work to Abolish Police"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fiowa-dem-promoted-radical-groups-that-bail-out-violent-criminals-work-to-abolish-police%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1113489&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div readability=\"29.522580645161\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"article-category\"><a class href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/\">Democrats<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-excerpt\">Christina Bohannan urged University of Iowa community to support Minnesota Freedom Fund<\/p>\n<figure class=\"post-thumbnail-container relative lg:mr-24 w-full my-4 mb-8\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"736\" height=\"514\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/GettyImages-1215994932_736x514-736x514-1.jpg\" class=\"w-full lazyload blur-up wp-post-image\" alt srcset=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/GettyImages-1215994932_736x514.jpg 736w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/GettyImages-1215994932_736x514-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/GettyImages-1215994932_736x514-703x491.jpg 703w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" \/><figcaption class=\"absolute text-white p-4 w-full text-right text-xs bottom-0 bg-black opacity-75\">\n\t\t\t\tBusiness destroyed by Minneapolis protests,  May 28, 2020 \/ Getty Images\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\t\t\t<span class=\"text-gray text-xs md:text-lg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/author\/collin-anderson\/\" title=\"Posts by Collin Anderson\" class=\"author url fn text-red-700\" rel=\"author\">Collin Anderson<\/a> \u2022 December 13, 2021 4:58 am<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"99.985155195682\">\n<p>Swing-district Democratic congressional candidate Christina Bohannan encouraged the University of Iowa community to donate to one nonprofit that bails out violent criminals and another that aims to &#8220;dismantle, defund, and abolish the police.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As faculty chairwoman of the University of Iowa law school&#8217;s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee, Bohannan <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20211203185147\/https:\/law.uiowa.edu\/news\/2020\/06\/dei-committee-and-blsa-statement-events-minneapolis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">penned a letter<\/a> to students and staff that expressed support for the &#8220;outcry against injustice happening \u2026 around the nation&#8221; in the wake of George Floyd&#8217;s death. Included in the letter was a call to &#8220;support the movement&#8221; by funding the Minnesota Freedom Fund and National Bail Out Fund, two radical nonprofits that support defunding police.<\/p>\n<p>Bohannan&#8217;s June 2020 letter was not the first time the Democrat, who is running to unseat Republican congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks, championed a radical bail fund. One year prior, Bohannan <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/swing-district-iowa-dem-donated-to-bail-out-illegal-immigrants\/\">donated money<\/a> to pay bail for illegal immigrants through Prairielands Freedom Fund, a group that also aims to eliminate prisons, achieve a &#8220;world without police,&#8221; and abolish Immigrations and Customs Enforcement. Bohannan&#8217;s numerous ties to anti-police groups are unlikely to help her standing with local voters: 88 percent of Iowans trust their local police department, according to a September <a href=\"https:\/\/www.desmoinesregister.com\/story\/news\/politics\/iowa-poll\/2021\/09\/29\/iowa-poll-trust-in-god-military-police-distrust-in-social-media-cable-news\/5829215001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Des Moines Register<\/em> poll<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Minnesota Freedom Fund\u2014thanks in part to <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/harris-biden-and-i-would-never-condone-violence-or-destruction-of-property\/\">promotion<\/a> from Bohannan and Vice President Kamala Harris\u2014raised $35 million as riots swept the nation in the weeks that followed Floyd&#8217;s death. While the nonprofit pledged to &#8220;help post bail for those protesting on the ground in Minnesota,&#8221; just a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/bail-fund-backed-by-kamala-harris-and-biden-staffers-bailed-out-alleged-child-abuser\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">fraction of the money<\/a> was used to release protesters and rioters. Instead, the bail fund freed numerous heinous criminals, including an alleged child rapist and an accused domestic abuser who was <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/kamala-backed-bail-fund-freed-alleged-domestic-abuser-now-charged-with-murder\/\">arrested for murder<\/a> just weeks after his release.<\/p>\n<p>The National Bail Out Fund, meanwhile, has taken on a number of radical positions regarding law enforcement. The group <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NationalBailOut\/status\/1118182556732678144\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">supports<\/a> both &#8220;prison abolition&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NationalBailOut\/status\/1298287608582279168\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">and<\/a> the movement to &#8220;dismantle, defund, and abolish the police to protect Black lives&#8221;\u2014even as black Americans <a href=\"https:\/\/slate.com\/news-and-politics\/2021\/10\/police-reform-polls-white-black-crime.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">overwhelmingly oppose<\/a> reducing police forces in their communities.<\/p>\n<p>Bohannan, who did not return a request for comment, addressed her Prairielands Freedom Fund donation by <a href=\"https:\/\/qctimes.com\/news\/local\/govt-and-politics\/gop-targets-iowa-2nd-district-democrat-over-facebook-donation-to-anti-prison-group\/article_4417e356-b357-5406-9350-1dcf38930948.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">saying<\/a> she did not have knowledge of the group&#8217;s &#8220;mission&#8221; and has &#8220;never supported abolishing police or law enforcement.&#8221; During a 2020 state house run, however, Bohannan <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/swing-district-iowa-dem-very-active-in-group-that-wants-to-abolish-ice-establish-sanctuary-cities\/\">revealed<\/a> she is &#8220;very active&#8221; in the Center for Worker Justice of Eastern Iowa, a group that has called for abolishing ICE, ending illegal immigrant deportations, and establishing &#8220;sanctuary cities.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Bohannan is now attempting to recast herself as a moderate in her campaign against Miller-Meeks. According to the Democrat&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/bohannanforcongress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">campaign site<\/a>, Bohannan decided to run for Congress &#8220;because she believes we need less bickering in Washington, and more working together.&#8221; But prior to her campaign launch, Bohannan <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/elections\/iowa-dem-scrubs-left-wing-views-from-website-as-she-kicks-off-moderate-campaign\/\">scrubbed<\/a> her state house campaign page, which included sections that condemned Iowa&#8217;s voter ID law and backed using taxpayer funds for &#8220;gender confirmation surgery for transgender individuals.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Bohannan in 2020 joined the Iowa House of Representatives after she successfully defeated fellow Democrat and eight-year incumbent Vicki Lensing in a primary race. Bohannan ran as a liberal insurgent, promising to adopt a &#8220;more progressive and less defensive attitude in the Iowa House.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Bohannan does not have a primary opponent in her bid to challenge Miller-Meeks and is set to face the Republican in 2022.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats Christina Bohannan urged University of Iowa community to support Minnesota Freedom Fund  Business destroyed by Minneapolis protests, May 28, 2020 \/ Getty Images &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1113489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1113489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1113489"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1113489\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1113489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1113489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1113489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}