Zach Wahls is proving to Iowans just how out of touch he is with them. He recently held an event at a radical leftist bookstore that hosts drag storytime for children, called to abolish ICE, and sells books that are banned in schools.
As reported by Fox News:
A Democratic U.S. Senate hopeful in Iowa is pitching himself as a candidate who believes in the party’s “old Democratic values.”
However, on Saturday, state Senator Zach Wahls hosted a campaign event at a radical activist bookstore, Dog-Eared Books, that has been vocal about abolishing ICE, financially supports anti-ICE nonprofits, holds drag story time for kids, and promotes books banned in schools for their sexually explicit content, among other far-left activism the store engages in.
Video obtained by Fox News Digital from outside the Ames, Iowa, bookstore where Wahls held his campaign meet-and-greet event alongside his novelist wife, titled “Reading and Running: A conversation with Zach Wahls and Chloe Angyal,” showed at least one sign right next to the front entrance reading “ICE IS NOT WELCOME HERE” in bold capital letters. The store has hosted events for Wahls’ wife in the past prior to Saturday and sells her romance novels.
In the wake of the federal agent-involved shootings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis, the bookstore created a logo of a dog in sunglasses holding a protest sign that reads “ABOLISH ICE” and even put it on a stickler the store is selling on its website….
And as reported by the Daily Wire:
… In September 2021, Dog-Eared Books promoted a teenage boy “drag performer” who goes by the stage name Lonika LaBelle Knight.
“Lonika is a 14 [year] old drag queen with almost three years of experience under her belt. She nabbed the title of Miss Mason City Youth Pride and performs regularly at Lefty’s Live Music and The Garden Nightclub,” the bookstore posted on Instagram. “She can dance, twirl and capture the attention of everyone in a room with sass and class!”
That same performer returned in June 2023 for “a drag storytime” aimed at children. The bookstore posted on Instagram that the event would “feature movement activities alongside a picture book reading so kids can engage both their minds and bodies.”
Dog-Eared Books has hosted a “Tattoos for Palestine” fundraiser, maintains a “Books for Fighting Fascism” list that includes a book by leftist Senator Bernie Sanders, called for ICE to be abolished, and has a “You Can’t Read That At School” book selection. That section includes books like “Let’s Talk About It,” a graphic novel that contains explicit depictions of sex.
The bookstore also released a statement slamming Iowa Republicans when they voted to pass a law shielding kids from transgender procedures. It also raised over $3,000 for the Iowa Trans Mutual Fund, a group that provides grants to Iowans seeking “gender-affirming care.”
As a state senator, Wahls has vehemently opposed laws aimed at protecting kids from transgender surgeries and cross-sex hormonal procedures. He claimed that there was “blood on the hands” of Iowa Republicans who supported the law. His opposition was based on questionable evidence that claimed children would be more likely to commit suicide if they weren’t given transgender procedures.
Wahls, who rose to prominence after discussing his experience of being raised by a lesbian couple, has close connections to One Iowa, an activist group “rooted in intersectional advocacy for LGBTQ Iowans.” Wahls toured with the group to promote gay marriage back in 2012 and even presented an award to them…
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