Whether she knows it or not, Iowa’s Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds will play a significant role in Democratic efforts to beat Donald Trump this fall.
That’s not because Iowa represents a battleground for the former president and Vice President Kamala Harris. It doesn’t.
It’s not because Trump will replace Sen. J.D. Vance with Reynolds as the vice-presidential nominee. He won’t.
And it’s not because Reynolds can help prevent Harris from siphoning off women voters from the Republican ticket. She can’t.
Instead, Reynolds will serve as proof — proof that the harsh Republican agenda outlined in Trump’s rhetoric and Project 2025 amounts to more than empty talk. In Iowa, among other red states, much of that agenda has already become law. ….more