Kim Reynolds, the Republican Iowa Governor, is slated to give the official party response to Old Uncle Joe’s soon-to-be-held State of the Union address.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy alongside Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell officially announced the choice as part of a joint press conference held Tuesday. The Republican address will ride directly behind Biden’s address that is slated to take place next Tuesday, March 1st.
“While Washington Democrats fail working Americans, Republican governors are fighting and winning for families,” stated McConnell in a release. “Governor Kim Reynolds’ brave, bold, and successful leadership for Iowans has put her right at the front of that pack. She fought COVID without forgetting common sense and protected Iowans’ health and their rights at the same time. She’s defended kids and parents with laws that have kept students in classrooms and woke propaganda out. She has even taken action to address our border crisis while the Biden Administration makes it worse. I am thrilled the American people will hear directly from Gov. Reynolds. The President and his team should take notes.”
Reynolds was a member of the group of Republican governors who stood in opposition of the vaccine mandate from the administration of Old Uncle Joe back in September of last year, and tried to push a 10-point plan to handle the crisis along the southern border in October.The group of governors also stood against Biden when he expanded mask mandates this past summer, and called on the Supreme Court to knock over Roe v. Wade as part of the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case. By her own hand, Reynolds officially outlawed all mask mandates across her state and outright banned the implementation of Critical Race Theory across schools. Reynolds was also one to reject Biden’s urging to foster unaccompanied migrants from the southern border in her state.
“Americans are in disbelief when they see how incompetent our government has become in one year, under one party rule,” McCarthy stated in the release. “But for many, disastrous decision-making in Washington has been offset by real leadership in states across the country. Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds represents what it means to lead with conviction and true faith in our fellow citizens,” said Leader McCarthy. She handled COVID by choosing freedom over lockdowns and personal responsibility over mandates – leading to real economic recovery from the pandemic. She kept kids in school and critical race theory out. And she stood tall for election integrity when Speaker Pelosi tried to steal a congressional seat from Iowans. While Democrats in Washington have failed, Republicans across the country are stepping up – and America will be better off hearing Governor Reynolds’ Iowa story”
“Republican Governors across America are leading the charge in defending liberty and securing unmatched economic prosperity in our states,” Reynolds added. The Biden Administration is governing from the far-left, ignoring the problems of working-class Americans while pushing an agenda that stifles free speech, free thought, and economic freedom. The American people have had enough, but there is an alternative and that’s what I look forward to sharing on Tuesday evening.”