{"id":1328203,"date":"2022-02-22T16:54:34","date_gmt":"2022-02-22T21:54:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1328203"},"modified":"2022-02-22T16:55:12","modified_gmt":"2022-02-22T21:55:12","slug":"iowa-gov-kim-reynolds-delivering-gops-state-of-the-union-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iowa-gov-kim-reynolds-delivering-gops-state-of-the-union-response\/","title":{"rendered":"Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds Delivering GOP&#039;s State of the Union Response"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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-gov-kim-reynolds-delivering-gops-state-of-the-union-response%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=1328203&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><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Iowa-Governor-Inauguration-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) will deliver the GOP\u2019s response to President Biden\u2019s State of the Union address (SOTU), Republican leaders announced on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Her remarks will <a href=\"https:\/\/governor.iowa.gov\/press-release\/governor-kim-reynolds-of-iowa-will-deliver-republican-address-to-the-nation\">follow<\/a> Biden\u2019s SOTU address, which takes place Tuesday, March 1.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cShe handled COVID by choosing freedom over lockdowns and personal responsibility over mandates \u2013 leading to real economic recovery from the pandemic,\u201d House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news4jax.com\/news\/politics\/2022\/02\/22\/gop-leaders-pick-iowa-governor-for-state-of-union-response\/\">said<\/a> of Reynolds, as Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) praised the governor for combating the Chinese coronavirus \u201cwithout forgetting common sense and\u00a0protected Iowans\u2019 health and their rights at the same time.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe\u2019s defended kids and parents with laws that have kept students in classrooms and woke propaganda out. She has even taken action to address our border crisis while the Biden Administration makes it worse. I am thrilled the American people will hear directly from Gov. Reynolds. The President and his team should take notes,\u201d McConnell said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>McCarthy also praised her for offsetting D.C.\u2019s \u201cdisastrous decision-making\u201d by offering \u201creal leadership\u201d in her state.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cShe kept kids in school and critical race theory out. And she stood tall for election integrity when Speaker Pelosi tried to steal a congressional seat from Iowans. While Democrats in Washington have failed, Republicans across the country are stepping up \u2013 and America will be better off hearing Governor Reynolds\u2019 Iowa story,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, Reynolds has taken bold action throughout Biden\u2019s first year in office. In March, Reynolds <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/03\/09\/iowa-enacts-stricter-election-integrity-measures-limits-early-voting\/\">signed<\/a> legislation establishing stronger election integrity measures, offering \u201cconsistent parameters\u201d for Election Day and curbing mail-in voting.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>She stood firm against vaccine mandates over the course of the last year, vowing to take a stand against them \u2014 and that was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/health\/2021\/04\/07\/iowa-gov-kim-reynolds-action-against-vaccine-passport\/\">prior<\/a> to Biden announcing the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) mandate, which the Supreme Court <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/health\/2022\/01\/13\/supreme-court-rejects-bidens-osha-vaccine-mandate-on-private-employers-upholds-cms-mandate\/\">struck down<\/a> in January:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We are taking immediate legal action to challenge the Biden Administration\u2019s vaccine mandate. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/p924WK9DcR\">https:\/\/t.co\/p924WK9DcR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Kim Reynolds (@KimReynoldsIA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KimReynoldsIA\/status\/1456274797189480452?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 4, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In May 2021, Reynolds <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/economy\/2021\/05\/11\/iowa-governor-end-pandemic-related-federal-unemployment-benefits-time\/\">announced<\/a> the state would stop participating in pandemic-related federal unemployment benefit programs due to the workforce shortage, and that same month, she signed legislation ending mask mandates on schoolchildren across the state.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThe state of Iowa is putting parents back in control of their child\u2019s education and taking greater steps to protect the rights of all Iowans to make their own health care decisions,\u201d Reynolds <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/05\/20\/iowa-gov-kim-reynolds-signs-law-banning-mask-mandates-in-schools\/\">said<\/a> at the time.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The following month, Reynolds <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/06\/09\/iowa-governor-signs-bill-to-ban-discriminatory-indoctrination-of-critical-race-theory\/\">signed<\/a> a bill into law banning the use of the Marxist tenets of Critical Race Theory (CRT) from being used in schools.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cCritical Race Theory is about labels and stereotypes, not education,\u201d she said, noting that it\u00a0\u201cteaches kids that we should judge others based on race, gender or sexual identity, rather than the content of someone\u2019s character.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am proud to have worked with the legislature to promote learning, not discriminatory indoctrination,\u201d she added.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>That same month, she switched directions, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/06\/17\/iowa-governor-kim-reynolds-increases-riot-protections-for-police-signs-back-the-blue-act\/\">focusing<\/a> on protections for law enforcement in the wake of the defund the police movement:<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In Iowa, we Back the Blue. Proud to sign the \u201cBack the Blue Act\u201d this morning at the Iowa Law Enforcement Academy! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pX0mYgLwsu\">pic.twitter.com\/pX0mYgLwsu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gov. Kim Reynolds (@IAGovernor) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IAGovernor\/status\/1405520449908264965?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 17, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>What is more, last year, Reynolds also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2021\/04\/12\/iowa-republican-governor-rejects-biden-administrations-request-to-house-illegal-minors-in-the-state\/\">denied<\/a> the Biden\u2019s administration\u2019s attempts to fly Unaccompanied Alien Children (UAC) into her state, concluding it is \u201cnot our problem.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRepublican Governors across America are leading the charge in defending liberty and securing unmatched economic prosperity in our states,\u201d Reynolds said in a statement upon the announcement of her delivering the GOP\u2019s response to Biden\u2019s SOTU address.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Biden Administration is governing from the far-left, ignoring the problems of working-class Americans while pushing an agenda that stifles free speech, free thought, and economic freedom,\u201d she continued.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe American people have had enough, but there is an alternative and that\u2019s what I look forward to sharing on Tuesday evening,\u201d the Republican governor added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) will deliver the GOP\u2019s response to President Biden\u2019s State of the Union address (SOTU), Republican leaders announced on Tuesday. 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