{"id":2669759,"date":"2026-09-25T08:08:55","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T12:08:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigndem-in-close-iowa-house-race-shows-hypocrite-stripes-on-china-cash\/"},"modified":"2026-09-25T08:17:04","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T12:17:04","slug":"utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigndem-in-close-iowa-house-race-shows-hypocrite-stripes-on-china-cash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/utm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigndem-in-close-iowa-house-race-shows-hypocrite-stripes-on-china-cash\/","title":{"rendered":"Dem In Close Iowa House Race Shows Hypocrite Stripes On China"},"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%2Futm_sourcerssutm_mediumrssutm_campaigndem-in-close-iowa-house-race-shows-hypocrite-stripes-on-china-cash%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=2669759&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--><p>The article highlights perceived hypocrisies among progressive politicians in the current midterm election cycle. It details allegations against James Talarico for allegedly using his mother\u2019s address to vote in multiple elections,perhaps violating Texas election laws,despite criticizing his Republican opponent. Similarly, it scrutinizes Sarah Trone Garriott, a Democratic candidate in iowa, for her contradictory stance on gender-related legislation-publicly opposing men in women\u2019s locker rooms while voting against prohibitive bills. She also ran attack ads claiming her opponent neglects Chinese accountability, despite her own campaign receiving contributions from China-linked entities and individuals with china connections, including a lawyer involved in a major Chinese acquisition. The article contrasts her with congressman Zach Nunn,a veteran and China critic,who opposes foreign land purchases and has a record of military service against adversaries like China. it emphasizes how certain leftist figures are accused of dishonesty and conflicts of interest,frequently enough involving foreign contributions or connections,amid their political campaigns.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>If it weren\u2019t for hypocrites, politics would be a pretty lonely business. <\/p>\n<p>And in this midterm election cycle, the left is showcasing a bumper crop of hypocrites. <\/p>\n<p>Mama\u2019s boy <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/07\/28\/exclusive-mamas-boy-talarico-appears-to-have-broken-texas-election-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">James Talarico<\/a> immediately comes to mind. The left\u2019s great white hope to win back a Texas Senate seat after 30-plus years in the political wilderness wagged his finger at his Republican opponent, accusing state Attorney General Ken Paxton of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.texastribune.org\/2026\/08\/05\/texas-senate-james-talarico-election-law-residency-ken-paxton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">voter fraud<\/a> from the \u201cwrong address\u201d only to get caught up in his own allegation. <\/p>\n<p>As The Federalist first <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/07\/28\/exclusive-mamas-boy-talarico-appears-to-have-broken-texas-election-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a>, the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2026\/06\/23\/exclusive-james-talarico-described-himself-as-a-christian-who-hates-christianity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Christianity-hating Christian<\/a> appears to have used his mother\u2019s Austin address to register to vote in order to launch a previous Texas House campaign. Redistricting in 2022 forced the finger-wagger out of his district to for a more Democrat-friendly House seat. <\/p>\n<p>Texas <a href=\"https:\/\/www.houstonchronicle.com\/politics\/texas\/article\/james-talarico-voting-address-22375213.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">voting records<\/a> more than suggest that Talarico used the address to vote in five elections, an apparent violation of Texas election law. <\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: Bombshell Report by the Federalist Uncovers James Talarico Broke Election Law to Run in a Safe Democrat District. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8MuNMZKEei\">pic.twitter.com\/8MuNMZKEei<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Paxton War Room (@PaxtonsPatriots) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PaxtonsPatriots\/status\/2082111564916641812?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 28, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<h2>Fractured Facts<\/h2>\n<p>And then there\u2019s Sarah Trone Garriott, another leftist identifying as a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.desmoinesregister.com\/story\/news\/politics\/elections\/2026\/08\/13\/republicans-zach-nunn-target-sarah-trone-garriott-socialism-gop\/91243141007\/?gnt-cfr=1&#038;gca-cat=p&#038;gca-uir=true&#038;gca-epti=undefined&#038;gca-ft=0&#038;gca-ds=sophi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cmoderate\u201d<\/a> running for Iowa\u2019s 3rd Congressional District. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cookpolitical.com\/house\/race\/483096\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pinkish district<\/a> includes the Hawkeye State\u2019s capital city. It\u2019s a must-have and one Democrats believe they can pluck in their quest to take back the House this midterm. <\/p>\n<p>As the Cedar Rapids Gazette\u2019s Althea Cole recently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegazette.com\/opinion\/democrats-change-course-on-gender-identity\/article_358fbf5d-3468-4561-8adc-166225e4e6d4.html?utm_medium=email&#038;utm_source=ncl_amplify&#038;utm_campaign=260921-the_gazette_calls_out_trone_garriott_for_bold_faced_lie&#038;utm_content=ncl-h7CkGTMJTY&#038;utm_term=&#038;_nlid=h7CkGTMJTY&#038;_nhids=ncv9KTDy6hBrls\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote<\/a> in a piece headlined \u201cDemocrats change course on gender identity,\u201d Trone Garriott brought the race maybe \u201cthe most egregious example of saying one thing and voting another.\u201d She state senator \u201cactually spent money\u201d on a TV spot telling voters she opposes \u201cletting men in women\u2019s locker rooms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know how she could say that with a straight face,\u201d Cole wrote. \u201cWhen the bill to prohibit that very thing came to the floor of the Iowa Senate in 2023, Trone Garriott voted \u2018NO\u2019 without hesitation. Her supposed change of heart is either quite the about-face or bold-faced lie.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>IA Dem House candidate Sarah Trone Garriott says she opposes \u201cletting men in women&#8217;s locker rooms\u201d in her latest ad<\/p>\n<p>In 2023 she voted AGAINST legislation that prohibited men from accessing women\u2019s locker rooms. <\/p>\n<p>Anything to say about your voting record, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SarahforIowa?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SarahforIowa<\/a> ? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xPi7hsLrYR\">pic.twitter.com\/xPi7hsLrYR<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2014 Riley Gaines (@Riley_Gaines_) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Riley_Gaines_\/status\/2088247541074727152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 14, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Last week, Trone Garriott\u2019s campaign rolled out another ad accusing two-term incumbent Zach Nunn of failing to hold China \u201caccountable\u201d while his campaign and leadership PAC pocketed contributions from China-based agribusiness giants. The ad blasts the Des Moines metro Republican for missing hearings this session of the <a href=\"https:\/\/nunn.house.gov\/2025\/02\/04\/nunn-selected-to-serve-on-committee-combating-chinese-communist-party-influence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">House committee<\/a> charged with accessing threats posed by the Chinese Communist Party.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s one committee in Congress with the sole purpose of holding China accountable, and for nearly half the hearings, Zach Nunn didn\u2019t even bother to show up,\u201d the ad\u2019s ominous-sounding narrator asserts. \u201cBut Nunn did show up to vote to allow Chinese companies to buy American farmland. After he took thousands from those same companies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Like so many attack ads, this one is a stretch.<\/p>\n<p>Nunn has been an ardent opponent of policies allowing foreign adversaries \u2014 China at the top of the list \u2014 to purchase American farmland. That includes the Republican\u2019s support of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/118th-congress\/house-bill\/9456\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Protecting American Agriculture from Foreign Adversaries Act<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/119th-congress\/house-bill\/8700\/text\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Protecting U.S. Farmland and Sensitive Sites From Foreign Adversaries Act<\/a>. In fact, Nunn led passage of the latter bill, aimed at strengthening national security review of purchases of agricultural land near sensitive military sites by China state-owned companies. <\/p>\n<p>But facts, and definitely context, have long been lacking in political campaign ads. And this one doubled down on truth-twisting. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter he took thousands from those same companies. Nunn even sponsored a bill helping China sell more pork, directly hurting Iowa farmers,\u201d Trone Garriott\u2019s attack ad claims. <\/p>\n<p>The bill aims to stop states like <a href=\"https:\/\/iowacapitaldispatch.com\/2026\/07\/10\/hinson-says-she-will-stand-with-iowa-agriculture-and-fight-against-california-pork-rule\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">California<\/a> from imposing their distaste for pigs raised in confinement centers on pork producers and the market, prohibitions that have indeed hurt Iowa farmers \u2014 and consumers.  <\/p>\n<p>Ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/international\/6109385-xi-jinping-donald-trump-summit-gifts-panda-bears-student-visas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">visit to the White House<\/a> on Thursday, Nunn fired out a press release urging Trump to \u201chold Beijing accountable to its commitments to Iowa farmers and American workers.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeijing has a long record of making promises and failing to deliver on them,\u201d he said. \u201cI pushed the Administration to secure China\u2019s commitment to reopen its market to American soybeans earlier this year, and that was an important win for Iowa farmers. But it\u2019s clear we can\u2019t take Beijing at its word. Any new trade agreement must be enforceable and open markets for American products without giving China more leverage over our farmers, manufacturers, or national security.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>The Architect<\/h2>\n<p>Nunn\u2019s campaign and political alley <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opensecrets.org\/political-action-committees-pacs\/C00882290\/summary\/2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Call to Serve PAC <\/a>did take thousands of dollars from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.opensecrets.org\/political-action-committees-pacs\/syngenta-corp\/C00363945\/summary\/2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Syngenta Corporation Employee Political Action Committee<\/a>. A combined $17,500 between 2022 and May of this year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/receipts\/?data_type=processed&#038;committee_id=C00775122&#038;committee_id=C00784389&#038;committee_id=C00818740&#038;contributor_name=C00363945\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according to<\/a> Federal campaign finance filings. Smithfield Foods reportedly chipped in more than $1,000. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.worldbenchmarkingalliance.org\/company\/syngenta-group\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Syngenta Group,<\/a> headquartered in Switzerland, is held by China National Chemical Corp, a Chinese state-owned conglomerate. China\u2019s WH Group has owned Smithfield since 2013. <\/p>\n<p>Trone Garriott\u2019s ad leaves out a few important details. A sin of omission, if you will, for the Lutheran pastor. Turns out Trone Garriott has her own China connections.<\/p>\n<p>Her campaign is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/receipts\/?data_type=processed&#038;committee_id=C00904086&#038;contributor_name=Alan+Klein\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">bankrolled<\/a> by the architect of the deal that sold out Syngenta to ChemChina, corporate merger and acquisition lawyer and corporate partner at M&#038;A behemoth <a href=\"https:\/\/vault.com\/company-profiles\/law\/simpson-thacher-bartlett-llp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Simpson Thatcher &#038; Bartlett,<\/a>  Alan Klein. According to his bio,<strong> <\/strong>Klein represented \u201cChemChina in its $43 billion acquisition of Syngenta\u201d in 2017, a deal that outmaneuvered prospective American buyers. <\/p>\n<p>Klein shepherded \u201cthe largest outbound Chinese acquisition ever,\u201d at $43 billion, according to The Street.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChemChina came in as a white knight as the Basel, Switzerland-based agribusiness giant was fending off an unwanted approach from St. Louis-based rival Monsanto,\u201d the publication <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestreet.com\/markets\/simpson-thacher-s-klein-balances-big-deals-and-great-films-13961372\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In February, Klein cut the Trone Garriott campaign two checks <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/receipts\/?data_type=processed&#038;committee_id=C00904086&#038;contributor_name=Alan+Klein\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">totaling $3,000<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Big China makes another appearance on Trone Garriott\u2019s campaign finance files. Jonathan and Jennifer Soros (yes, of that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.influencewatch.org\/person\/jonathan-soros\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">famous leftist family<\/a>) have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fec.gov\/data\/receipts\/?data_type=processed&#038;committee_id=C00904086&#038;contributor_name=Soros\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">donated<\/a> a total of $14,000 to the Democrat. In 2005, the Soros <a href=\"http:\/\/www.china.org.cn\/english\/2005\/Oct\/145640.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">fund<\/a>, invested $25 million in a China\u2019s fourth-largest carrier, Hainan Airlines.<\/p>\n<h2>\u2018CCP-Linked Campaign Checks\u2019<\/h2>\n<p>Nunn in many ways is a tough target to attack on China. The Air Force combat veteran served as an airborne intelligence officer, flying reconnaissance missions off the coasts of China and Russia. He has logged more than 700 combat hours, and now serves as a colonel in the Air Force reserve. <\/p>\n<p>A spokesman for the congressman pointed to Trone Garriott\u2019s hypocrisy on the subject.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cZach Nunn spent 20 years in the Air Force standing up to America\u2019s adversaries and has gotten legislation to counter the Chinese Communist Party signed into law,\u201d the spokesman told The Federalist in a statement. \u201cIowans don\u2019t have to guess where he stands. The same can\u2019t be said about Sarah Trone Garriott, whose only record on China is cashing CCP-linked campaign checks.\u201d <\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Matt Kittle is a senior elections correspondent for The Federalist. An award-winning investigative reporter and 30-year veteran of print, broadcast, and online journalism, Kittle previously served as the executive director of Empower Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leftist hypocrites shine in midterms, like Talarico&#8217;s voting scandal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":656,"featured_media":2669760,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Screenshot-2026-09-24-at-5.01.41-PM-1024x575.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[36492,86224,86223,38655],"class_list":["post-2669759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-china-policy","tag-democrat-controversy","tag-iowa-house-race","tag-political-hypocrisy"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Screenshot-2026-09-24-at-5.01.41-PM-1024x575.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2669759","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\/656"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2669759"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2669759\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2669767,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2669759\/revisions\/2669767"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2669760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2669759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2669759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2669759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}