MIKE DAVIS: Iowans can’t afford a soft-on-crime attorney general
The article argues that Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird should be re-elected and portrays her Democratic challenger, Nate Willems, as too lenient on crime and out of step with the state. It is an opinion piece urging voters to see the November election as a choice between Bird’s record as a prosecutor and Willems’s legislative positions.
The writer credits Bird’s cold-case unit with helping secure convictions in two cases: Karina Cooper received life without parole for Ryan Cooper’s 2021 murder, and Robert Davis was sentenced to 50 years for Barbara Lenz’s 1989 disappearance. The article criticises Willems for votes on sex-offender monitoring, concealed-carry rules, voter ID and abortion restrictions, and for a social media post comparing D-Day paratroopers with Antifa; the supplied text ends before explaining that allegation further.
- The writer endorses Brenna Bird for re-election as Iowa attorney general.
- Bird’s cold-case unit is credited with convictions in two long-running cases.
- The article attacks Nate Willems’s record on crime, guns, voting and abortion.