Woman in ad Who Said a Democrat Endangers Kids Pleaded Guilty to Endangering Kids
The super PAC ad drew criticism after reporting showed one featured woman had pleaded guilty to child endangerment and drunken driving.
- On Saturday, The Washington Post reported that Shellie Flockhart, a Dallas Center city council member featured in a Congressional Leadership Fund ad, pleaded guilty to child endangerment and drunken driving in 2017.
- The super PAC spent at least $1 million on the commercial, which features Flockhart accusing Democratic candidate Sarah Trone Garriott of being "dangerous" to children due to her voting record on transgender school issues.
- According to Iowa District Court records, police found Flockhart intoxicated with two children, ages 8 and 11, in her car in 2017. A roadside breath test recorded 0.254 blood alcohol content, more than three times the legal limit of 0.08.
- Trone Garriott slammed the ad on X, writing, "Paid actors, corrupt politicians, and now this." Flockhart posted a message Saturday calling the 2017 incident "inexcusable" and a "grave mistake."
- The Des Moines-area race between Trone Garriott and incumbent Republican Zach Nunn shifted to favor Democrats earlier this month, according to the Cook Political Report, as Republicans attempt to capitalize on transgender policy debates.
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Iowa GOP's Shellie Flockhart guilty in child endangerment case
Shellie Flockhart narrated the “Moms” spot attacking Sarah Trone Garriott over trans rights. Garriott hit back on X, naming Zach Nunn. The post Republican who called Democrat ‘dangerous’ to kids found guilty of child endangerment appeared first on PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news.
Republican who accused Democrat of being “dangerous” to kids found guilty of child endangerment
A Republican city councilmember in Dallas who participated in an ad denouncing a Democratic candidate as “dangerous” to children due to her support of trans rights was found guilty of child endangerment in connection with driving while under the influence. The ad shows Dallas Center, Iowa, Councilmember Shellie Flockhart narrating against Iowa congressional candidate and state senator Sarah Trone Garriott (D). The Republican running against Garr…
Iowa councilwoman who accused rival of being ‘dangerous’ for kids once pleaded guilty to child endangerment
An Iowa councilwoman who used an attack ad to accuse a rival of being “dangerous” for kids once pleaded guilty to a child endangerment charge. Shellie Flockhart, 55, ripped Democrat congressional candidate Sarah Trone Garriott’s voting record on trans issues in the ad released this month – before her own skeletons from nine years ago...
Ad Against House Candidate Has an Ironic Twist
The Washington Post is highlighting an irony about a political ad airing in Iowa: In it, a public official calls out a Democratic candidate for the House as "just plain dangerous" for children. But that same public official expanded guilty to children differently after driving under the influence with two...
Councilwoman appears in a $1 million ad to warn that a politician is ‘dangerous’ for kids. Then her own 2017 child endangerment conviction surfaces
A city councilwoman from Dallas Center, Iowa, is featured in a new political commercial that criticizes a Democratic House candidate over children’s safety, according to The Washington Post. Shellie Flockhart, 55, delivers the line, “When it comes to our kids, Sarah is just plain dangerous.” The spot lists her only by her first name. It is paid for by the Congressional Leadership Fund, a super PAC focused on electing Republicans to the U.S. Hous…
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