Iowa Paper Condemns GOP Governor’s “Racist” Ad

From the Des Moines Register editorial board:

A primary aspiration for the Register’s editorial board and Opinion section is to identify and promote solutions for challenges that confront Iowa. Punditry about politicians’ campaign commercials doesn’t usually meet that bar, but Gov. Kim Reynolds’ most recent offering is hard to shrug off as just part of the noise.

In 10 days since the 30-second commercial was released, its unsubtle message distinguishing mostly white Iowa from dangerous “others” has been denounced over and over in the news media and on social media.

We feel compelled to add our voice: The ad is dehumanizing. It’s racist. It’s embarrassing. It’s indefensible. It should be beneath any Iowa elected official. It tells people who look different from most Iowans that, at best, they are indeed different and, even worse, inferior.

Read the full editorial.

Opinion: In just 30 seconds, the shrewd spot implicitly demeans many of the governor’s constituents, writes the Register’s editorial board.
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— Des Moines Register (@DMRegister) October 3, 2022