0:00

So I don't know if you guys were able to listen

0:02

to the interview I did on Independence Day

0:05

with Dr Brian McClanahan, but he just made

0:07

me think so much about how

0:09

far away we have gotten from the vision

0:11

of America with a d centralized

0:13

government putting the power in the States. He just

0:16

really made me think a lot. And

0:18

so on that note, I want to focus in some

0:20

interviews in the coming weeks with a lot of

0:22

governors because they're the ones

0:24

that are leading the charge. They're the ones that are going to

0:26

hold the line against Joe

0:28

Biden and the tyrannical vision

0:30

for this country that he has.

0:33

We've seen it with Governor de Santa's and Florida

0:35

holding the line, and we've also seen it in Iowa

0:38

with my next guest, Governor Kim

0:40

Reynolds. She has been fighting

0:42

the fight. She fought to keep Iowa open,

0:44

she got kids back to school in fall of She's

0:47

been pushing back on vaccine mandates

0:50

as well, been leading the charge fighting for

0:52

things like school choice. And she's also

0:54

such an interesting life story. I mean,

0:56

she graduated from college at age

0:58

fifty seven, when she was already serving

1:01

as the Lieutenant governor when

1:04

she was already a mom, already a grandmother,

1:07

and also surfing as a lieutenant governor. I

1:09

mean, I I just find that so

1:11

impressive. So she's so smart,

1:13

she's so interesting, and she's a fighter. And I

1:15

had the opportunity to meet her an event a

1:18

couple of weeks ago, and I just loved her,

1:20

and I heard her speak and I was so impressed by her.

1:22

And so I want to bring the focus to some of

1:24

these states and just paying attention to

1:27

what they're doing in leading the charge

1:29

for this country, leading the charge for liberty

1:31

in America. And Governor Kim Reynolds of Iowa

1:33

is on the front line. She's leading that fight.

1:36

So we're going to talk to her that day. And I figured,

1:38

if I love her so much, then I bet you

1:40

guys are going to love her as well. So here

1:42

she is Governor Kim Reynolds of Iowa.

1:56

So we've got Governor Kim Reynolds.

1:58

I had the honor of meat you, Governor an

2:00

event a couple of weeks ago, and I just loved

2:03

you, and I heard you speak and I was just so impressed

2:05

by you and said, I said, you know what, I would

2:07

love to have you on the podcast and and just

2:09

to have the audience get to know you a little bit better as

2:11

well. Well, thank you. I appreciate the

2:13

opportunity. It's great to be with you. That was a

2:15

great trip, and I appreciate all you

2:17

do too, So thanks for driving freedom

2:20

and liberty and just everything

2:22

that entails that. We appreciate all you do. Well, it's so

2:24

important. I mean, you know, I think COVID

2:26

sort of really uh, you know, opened a lot of people's

2:29

eyes to the fact that you know, I always just used to think

2:31

we're sort of immune to tyranny in the country

2:33

and really came to the realization we weren't.

2:35

But fortunately for people like you

2:37

and Governor to Santa's leading the way for freedom.

2:40

So so thank you for that. Governor. I wanted to ask

2:42

you, So you grew up in St. Charles,

2:44

Iowa. What was St. Charles like? It

2:46

was a very small rural community, Umi

2:50

generation, Iowa, and so I'm proud to

2:52

call Iowa home. I chose to raise

2:54

my family here, and they chose

2:57

to raise their kids here. So we

2:59

all have our and kids, we have our grandkids

3:01

here living in the state. And you

3:03

know, I grew up really my dad's farmed

3:06

and he worked for forty years at a factory. My

3:08

mom was a stay at home mom. Uh.

3:10

Faith, family, just you know, community

3:13

and a small rural community like that, you learned

3:15

to give back and really be a part of the community.

3:19

I learned early on about a hard work

3:21

ethic. I was that farm girl that walked

3:23

beans at my grandpa's farm early

3:25

on, um, and and was just

3:27

involved in every single thing.

3:29

And I had no idea that that would actually

3:31

prepare me for my everyday activities

3:34

as the governor of this great state. I mean, I did

3:36

everything, and it's a luxury that you have

3:38

when you grow up in a small community

3:41

with a consolidated school district. So um,

3:44

it was just a great um

3:47

experience growing up and it really prepared

3:49

me, I think, to do the things that I've been able to

3:51

do later on in life. Um.

3:53

Kevin and I we've been married for forty

3:56

years, we have three married daughters.

3:58

Again, faith and family, and it's just really core

4:01

h to who I am. They keep me

4:04

grounded, humbled and a

4:06

priority. Of course. I often say my

4:08

my number one favorite job is being grant

4:10

a grandma to eleven very

4:12

active grandchildren. And governor is

4:14

a very very close second. So

4:17

um, you know, I I love serving

4:19

in this capacity and just waking

4:22

up every day and thinking about how we

4:24

can you know, make a difference for individuals,

4:27

islands that live in the state. You

4:29

know, Governor you you talked about faith and

4:31

freedom to incredibly vital

4:34

things to a society and a healthy society,

4:36

but it seems like we've lost sight of that as

4:38

a country. Well, you know, every

4:40

day we're seeing it just being stripped away

4:42

from us with this administration and their priorities.

4:45

I mean, they attacked faith, freedom,

4:48

uh, liberty and honestly

4:50

the constitution that protects all free and

4:52

I feel like, you know, every single day

4:54

we're pushing back against that. And I often

4:57

talk when I'm talking to Iolands,

4:59

I talk about what we're facing from the

5:01

federal level, just the chaos, crisis

5:03

overreached, the uncertainty, really

5:06

the just the um incompetency

5:09

that we see on a daily basis, And I

5:11

talk about the contract to what we see at

5:13

the federal level compared to what we

5:15

were, what we did an aisle, on what we've

5:17

done over the last couple of years, where we really

5:19

at least honestly have empowered people over

5:22

government. We put our trust in them, and

5:24

I say, you know that starts with personal and economic

5:27

freedom, respecting the people that we serve,

5:30

putting our trust in them. We're cutting taxes

5:32

so that they can keep more of their

5:34

hard earned money. We're putting parents

5:37

in charge of their education. We're getting people back to work,

5:39

you know, really making sure that

5:41

we're defending life, liberty, freedom and

5:44

constitution that protects both lives and their

5:46

luck. That those UM protects

5:49

them. And it's on display every single

5:51

day. But I said, don't lose sight of how fast

5:53

that can all go away, and what we've seen

5:55

in the last sixteen months, and that's

5:58

why it's so important to show up

6:00

push back. You know, talk

6:03

to your neighbors, talk to your felm I talk about

6:05

how how precious that is

6:07

and how fact how fast we can move

6:10

all of that. I mean, really it's

6:12

within a year we saw things drastically

6:15

change. And you know we when I gave

6:17

the response to the UM condition

6:20

of the uh to to the State

6:22

of the Union. I mean, at that point, UM

6:25

Russia had just invaded Ukraine. We've

6:27

seen just unconscionable spending taking

6:29

place that was already driving inflation, to a

6:32

forty year high, and we

6:34

were seeing gas prices skyrocketing then,

6:36

and it's just it's always somebody else's fault.

6:39

They never take responsibility for it,

6:42

and um, in fact, you

6:44

know, it's just I don't think there's

6:46

any other way to describe it except for

6:48

intentional. They absolutely,

6:51

I believe, whatever it takes, whatever it costs,

6:53

their mission. Their goal is to fundamentally

6:56

change who we are as a country and

6:59

keep bowl have had it. They're

7:01

pushing back and they're

7:03

ready to go to the map. The enthusiasm

7:06

and the engagement and the

7:08

momentum that I see when I'm

7:11

traveling the state and I am all over this

7:13

state. It's small, so I have the luxury

7:15

of doing that, but record

7:17

turnout new people, young young

7:20

people, families that are so

7:22

grateful that we got the kids back in school,

7:24

that we said no to mask and vaccine

7:27

mandates and just really stood up for them

7:29

and fought for them and their

7:32

freedom and liberty. Well, and you're so right,

7:34

and you've been one of those governors just really leading the

7:36

charge for freedom and liberty in

7:38

America, which is so important because you know, look,

7:41

Independence Day was was not that far behind

7:44

us, and the whole point of this country was a decentralized

7:47

government was empowering the states, and we've

7:49

just gotten so far away from what the

7:51

mission of America, of this republic was

7:53

supposed to be. I keep saying this, but

7:55

we can't lose sight about how fast it

7:58

happened. I said, I suppose it's slow. We've

8:00

been been happening. But then to have

8:02

them expedited in the fashion that

8:04

they have, it's, you know, elections

8:07

matter. That's the other thing that I've seen, especially

8:09

with the Supreme Court ruling United States Supreme Court

8:11

ruling that we just you know, the impact that had,

8:14

whether it was religious liberty, Second Amendment,

8:16

uh, school choice, life, for heaven's

8:19

sakes, um, you know, we

8:21

we have, you know, people that uphold the

8:23

law and protect the constitution. Um.

8:26

It's just the impact that

8:28

that has on and returning power

8:30

back to the states and representative government. And

8:33

to your point, that is where it should be. That's

8:35

where it started. Um. And we've

8:37

seen the again the importance of that and

8:39

how important it is that we elect

8:42

the right people that will, um,

8:44

you know, appoint law

8:46

abiding constitutionalists to these

8:48

important positions. Well, and I try to I've

8:50

been trying to tell people to and just really focus,

8:53

as you you mentioned bringing the power back to

8:55

the states, focusing on the states, and focus on elected

8:57

our local positions as well. I mean, you

9:00

know, I filled in for Dan Bongino the a

9:02

couple of weeks or a week ago, I guess now, And

9:04

what I was talking about is even our d as

9:06

matter. I mean, look at what George Soros

9:08

has done in the country and just

9:11

increasing crime levels just through some

9:13

of these das who don't want to prosecute anything.

9:16

Oh, absolutely again intentional.

9:18

We're seeing that happen all across the country.

9:21

And and but you are seeing people in California

9:23

and other areas that are pushing back and understanding

9:25

the crime that skyrocketing in their communities

9:28

and what that looks like and where criminals

9:30

have more rights than law abiding citizens.

9:33

I think everything you know is backwards.

9:35

Is to the point that I mean, even when

9:37

we talk about just school and what's happening

9:40

there and what's happening in our communities, whether it's

9:42

school board elections or local

9:44

governments. I mean, we literally at

9:46

least surpassed the law this year, passed

9:48

a bill and I signed into law, uh

9:51

a law requiring classrooms to

9:53

start the day with the Pledge of Allegiance. Just

9:55

simple things like that that we grew

9:58

up with that remind into us

10:00

how wonderful and amazing this country

10:03

is and the opportunities that it provides

10:05

for us to be able to to

10:07

to live UH in a country like

10:10

the United States of America, that we've gotten

10:12

so far that I had to pass a law that say

10:14

that preserves girls sports for girls, and

10:16

that we requires UH teachers

10:19

to have a flag in their room in the United States

10:21

of America flag and and have the kids

10:23

recite the Pledge of Allegiance. I mean, it's

10:26

we've we've kind of seen it happen in our higher education

10:28

and I think we stood by and kind of did

10:30

a pay attention, and we're paying

10:33

a price for that right now. And now

10:35

parents are starting to see that infiltrate the

10:37

K twelve system, and that is

10:40

not going to happen. I mean, it doesn't matter if you've got an

10:42

R and D behind your name. I think if you are,

10:45

you know, if it's going to impact their children, they're

10:47

gonna pay attention, and they're gonna require

10:50

different outcomes from not

10:52

only the system, but from their elected officials,

10:55

and we're just seeing that play out every single day.

10:57

Well, and I know you've been fighting for school choice

10:59

as well, which is so important and

11:02

just giving parents the ability to direct

11:04

their kids in a better direction and not

11:06

have zip code determine someone's education

11:09

and their in their future. But I totally

11:12

agree on the pledge of a legions. I think that's so important.

11:14

And what is being culturally reinforced

11:16

in the country right now, starting at Joe Biden, is

11:18

hatred for America, not patriotism

11:21

for America, and that's having an impact. Hatred

11:23

for America, hatred for people. You're either

11:25

an oppressor or you're you're oppressed.

11:28

I mean, what we're teaching these children.

11:30

Kevin and I have eleven grandchildren, and

11:32

they they don't know, they just

11:34

want to be with they want you know, they

11:37

don't they want raised with those

11:39

types of ideas or expectations

11:42

and they're there, um

11:44

and still they're doing that to the kids

11:46

that kep the word. I just get so upset about it sometimes,

11:48

but it's it's ridiculous

11:50

and and that's why I think it is so important,

11:53

um that we you know, give parents

11:55

a choice their child's education, give them the opportunity

11:58

to choose the environment UH

12:00

that where they'll thrive and and excel.

12:03

UM. We've expanded open enrollment.

12:06

We have tax credits for UM

12:08

underprivileged kids to to to have an

12:11

option to send their children to another

12:13

school. We've expanded charter schools. But UM,

12:16

I've tried for the last two years to get

12:18

the last piece done, which is the

12:21

UH school toys across the finish

12:23

line and get up through the Senate two years in

12:25

a row and I've not been able to get it through

12:27

the House. So UM, I did

12:29

something I typically don't do, but I can't

12:32

stand on the sidelines and not do everything

12:34

I can to make sure that parents have UM

12:37

this opportunity, and it shouldn't be for those

12:39

that kind of just for those that can afford it.

12:41

So I did get involved in some nine

12:43

key primaries this last UM

12:45

election cycle in June, and

12:48

we were able to UM have

12:50

eight of the nine win. And I've already spoken

12:53

to the representative that

12:55

UM that we didn't get

12:57

and he's he's ready to go and get

12:59

on board and we're going to continue the conversation.

13:02

But I can't tell you that it

13:05

was the conservative candidates that one not

13:07

the more moderate ones, and and school choice

13:10

was on the ballot um. That is what we were

13:12

driving and it was successful

13:15

during this last primary. And so you

13:18

know, we'll start a work cut out for us. But I'm hoping we're

13:20

in a better place when we come back into session next

13:22

year and we can get that finer piece done. It

13:24

is not a zero sum game. It

13:26

will make all of our public and private

13:29

stronger. But average is not

13:31

good enough. And the indoctrination

13:33

that's taking place with our children

13:35

is unconscionable. We

13:37

were in school, but when I think about the states

13:40

across this country where the kids

13:42

have been kept out of the classroom for two years,

13:44

it's just the learning loss,

13:46

the stress, the anxiety, the depression

13:49

that these kids have been subjected to, and

13:52

the fact that they can't spend time

13:54

on math and English and

13:56

in history and science and instead

13:59

they want to talk about you know, woke

14:01

ideology and what gender they should be.

14:03

And you know, I mean parents have had it,

14:06

they've had it. And at

14:08

Lesa, probably the one thing that they say

14:10

to me more often than not when they

14:12

come up is just stay

14:15

strong. I want you to stay strong,

14:17

don't cave. Keep fighting

14:19

for us. It matters. And you

14:21

know, I tell them, after the last two years and everything that we've

14:23

gone through, not to worry. This isn't the place

14:25

where I'm gonna like slow down and give up. I'm

14:28

in the fight. We're We're going to keep doing

14:30

everything we can to support them. Come

14:32

in sense uh and uh

14:35

and and really again it comes back to protecting

14:37

their freedom and liberties that

14:39

we should that should be the expectation

14:42

in this country we live. And you sent kids

14:44

back to school in full Yeah,

14:47

we did. Um. We had We

14:49

started like we

14:51

came back into session for

14:55

and we said at the

14:58

time the kids had to be in the class am and it

15:00

had to be core subjects UM.

15:02

And so at that point though we had

15:04

ninety

15:07

of all of the school districts across the state

15:09

had the kids in the classroom full time, we were doing

15:11

it safely and responsibly. We had some

15:13

of our a couple of our larger school districts

15:15

that of course we're fighting pushing back and

15:18

and so the first bill that I signed

15:20

into law, what I came when we came back into session,

15:23

was to give parents the choice to

15:25

either go a dred percent online or

15:27

to have their kids a hundred percent in the

15:29

classroom every single day, five days

15:31

a week. Um, and um

15:34

they you know, they ended up suing me, but we won

15:37

that lawsuit. And and the seing that we're going

15:39

to remind Iowans of when

15:41

we head into this next election is

15:43

that every single Democrat in the

15:45

House and the Senate voted

15:48

against having that child in

15:50

the classroom where it was safe, where the data

15:53

supported it, where the science

15:55

supported it. They voted against

15:57

it, every single one. And they also every

16:00

single Democrat in the House and the Senate voted

16:02

against vaccine and mask, banning

16:05

vaccine and math mandates. So you know,

16:07

you know, they don't they like to forget, you know,

16:09

what they did. But it's a record, and

16:11

we're going to remind guy it once because you've got

16:14

the National Teachers and un already

16:16

talking about additional UH vaccine

16:18

mandates and and shooting the mask and

16:20

talking about teaching the kids about how important

16:22

abortion is and everything but math and science

16:25

and reading the stuff that's important for

16:27

kids to be successful. It's

16:29

every other what crazy thing that

16:31

they that that's the priority

16:33

heading into this next school year. You

16:38

know, And one thing I think it's really cool about you is

16:40

so at fifty seven while you were the lieutenant

16:43

governor, and and you've got kids and grandkids,

16:46

you got your you ended up graduating

16:48

from college at fifty seven years old.

16:50

I think that's so cool of you.

16:53

How did you get that done when you had

16:55

all these other responsibilities? Well, listen,

16:57

not easy, I want to tell you in and out.

17:00

So I was a working mom

17:02

um, but I don't like starting something

17:04

and not finishing. And it's so funny because

17:07

and then my husband's a graduate from Iowa

17:09

State University. All three of our daughters, all

17:11

of our son in laws are eleven grandchildren

17:13

come home with Iowa State onesies. You

17:16

know. So I was trying to do it online and I

17:18

was doing uh taking

17:20

classes where you would do you go at

17:22

five and go to ten thirty at night. But was an eight week

17:24

course so I could get through my

17:26

credits quicker. But I really

17:28

really wanted to graduate from Iowa

17:31

State University. So I ended up doing

17:33

UM much of the final

17:36

UM credits online. I

17:39

had to do a couple of on campus UM

17:41

classes. But yeah, I was a lieutenant

17:43

governor. I was grandma to seven lots of

17:45

late nights at the capitol. Um.

17:48

It's you know, way different from when I originally

17:50

started going to school. But but I

17:52

wanted. UM. My husband would

17:55

say to me, Kim, I think you've done okay.

17:57

I don't think it's necessary. And I would

17:59

always say, why of the people that have that

18:01

that degree or that piece of paper, Um,

18:03

you know, don't think it's necessary for other people.

18:06

UM. So I wanted to just I wanted

18:08

to complete it. And

18:11

it's a story I share a lot because

18:13

I want, um,

18:15

you know, moms or um,

18:17

I want anybody to know that it's never too late

18:20

that if you want to do something or you want to change your career,

18:22

you want to go back to school, uh

18:24

and advance in your degree, you just you can

18:26

do it. You can do it. And

18:28

so UM I did it. My my

18:31

dad had tears and my mom streaming down

18:33

their face as I walked across the stage.

18:35

I went to the ceremony, I

18:37

just happened to be sitting next to a single

18:40

mom of four that was a little

18:42

bit younger than me, but not much. How

18:44

the two of us, I mean, it was a god thing

18:47

ended up setting together for that graduation

18:49

ceremony. UM that just talked

18:51

about they don't know how hard it is to try

18:54

to go back to school, to raise a family, to

18:56

work uh into just but

18:58

still have that passion and that desire

19:00

to complete that. And then she said jumping

19:02

to me, like are you are you going to go for

19:05

your masters? And I said, hell no,

19:07

I said, I'm good. Was where

19:09

I'm at. I've got this done. I'm

19:11

going to go So anyway, I

19:13

just I think it's an important message. I don't think

19:16

you need a college degree to be

19:18

successful. I am so involved

19:20

in registered apprenticeship programs

19:22

and certification programs and work

19:24

based learning and it's been and stam

19:27

education. It's been a passion of mine since I've

19:29

been Lieutenant governor and governor and just bringing

19:31

business and industry and entrepreneurialism

19:33

into the classrooms and helping kids

19:36

just test run different careers

19:38

and passion and find where their passion

19:40

is at and really help them, you know,

19:43

get some of their credits while they're in high school

19:45

to help reduce the cost. So I'm

19:47

I'm passionate about that. So you know,

19:49

I'm not. I'm not that person so you have to have afforded

19:51

year degree. It was just important to

19:53

me to finish something I started.

19:56

Um, So we talk a lot about both

19:58

sides of that coin, and how many options

20:00

there are again for people to find what

20:03

they're passionate about. That's what's really about, right,

20:05

you gotta love what you're doing. I so respect

20:07

that, and I agree with you. I don't think a degree

20:09

is needed. As you pointed out, you accomplished a

20:12

lot, you know, without that. And I think what we

20:14

saw during COVID was sort of the death of experts,

20:16

the death of putting this premium

20:19

on these fancy degrees. I mean we've recently

20:21

seen I think there was it was making the rounds on Twitter,

20:24

but Stanford medical graduates wearing masks

20:26

outdoors and outdoors

20:29

and you mentioned common sense earlier.

20:31

I feel like that's what we're missing in the country,

20:33

to be honest, is where lacking common sense?

20:36

Oh it is. I mean just every day

20:38

again, just the the amount

20:40

of incompetency, incompetence

20:43

that we see coming out of the White House, and just their

20:45

lack to just do the right thing,

20:47

to apply common sense to anything.

20:49

It's just it's gone. It's

20:53

it is just unbelievable, you know what we're

20:55

seeing every day. I did my press conference this morning,

20:58

conscious sent all and and how

21:00

it's impacting you know, our communities

21:02

and our kids and the um

21:05

you know, the increase that we've seen with

21:07

sentinel overdoses and BASS and state

21:09

bile when ours is really really low, so we're very

21:12

lucky when the lowest in the state.

21:14

But it's we're experiencing it just

21:16

like other dates. And yet we have a

21:19

president that has not even been to the border,

21:21

that won't do the simple things that you need

21:23

to do to protect America and

21:26

Americans and the amount of drugs

21:28

you've got, the cartel you know, um

21:31

they're running the border, human trafficking

21:33

that's taking place, and just the crime

21:36

we're going to continue to see that, you

21:38

know, increase in communities across

21:41

this country. But you know, it's so

21:43

many just sad, sad

21:45

stories of parents that have lost you

21:48

know, a child that was just experienced

21:50

experimenting. You know, they weren't addicts. This

21:53

isn't something they did. It's like one pill

21:55

will kill. And the couple that spoke

21:57

this morning, um, you know, he'd taken

21:59

a half of percocet, but it had betton

22:01

All in it and it killed him. And it's just you

22:04

know, trying to make parents aware of

22:06

that, and you know, I just with

22:08

with eleven grandkids going through

22:10

the system, you know, kids or kids. But this

22:13

the again, the

22:15

the lack of this president or vice

22:17

president to do the right thing. Most

22:20

of the governors have been down to the border. We put

22:22

a PenPoint planned together that he could have implemented

22:24

tomorrow, and they just ignore

22:26

it. And it's unconscionable

22:29

again what it's doing to this country and

22:31

to the people that live in it, and

22:33

and our children in communities

22:36

all across this country that are

22:38

going to be impacted by what we see happening.

22:41

Well, and I'm glad you did that because unfortunately,

22:43

we've seen so many people die offense and all uh

22:46

in the country. So I'm glad you're you're

22:48

bringing awareness to that. You know, I wanted to ask you this

22:50

might sound dumb, but I didn't realize that chemical

22:52

fertilizers are made largely from

22:55

natural gas, the naitral gas that bidens

22:57

restrictions on domestic natural

23:00

as production or harming. Uh.

23:02

You said, you know, obviously you grew up on a farm. I

23:04

was a big agriculture state. How

23:06

have farmers been impacted by the Biden

23:09

administration? Well, same thing once

23:11

again, you know, ten present of the nation food

23:13

supply is grown by farmers

23:15

and producers here in the state of Iowa. It's

23:18

it's why it was imperative that we kept

23:20

our economy open and moving to keep the food

23:22

supply chain moving. But the

23:24

the the input cost

23:27

and the impact that that has on our farmers.

23:29

I mean, commodity prices are high right now,

23:31

but what does that it equate to hire food

23:34

prices. I mean, so that that UM

23:36

impacts the entire food chain as well. But

23:39

we've seen, you know, the ammonia that goes

23:41

on is up two percent. The price

23:43

of diesel because of his anti

23:45

American energy policies. I mean that

23:48

has had a significant impact on not

23:50

only island, but are farmers that would every time

23:52

they go to sell up the tractor. I

23:54

mean it's up from a year

23:56

ago UM. And then natural

23:58

gas is up a hundred and thirty three percent, So all

24:01

of that increases the cost to get

24:03

the crops UH into the

24:05

into the field and and UH and

24:07

and labor shortage is also a problem.

24:10

Supply change disruptions again,

24:12

just the ability to get the

24:15

fertilizers. And see we were worried about that

24:17

early on. We're watching that you know, very

24:20

very closely. But if we didn't have

24:22

record high commodity prices

24:24

again and that impacts the the that

24:27

impacts the cost of food, UH, they

24:29

wouldn't be making it. They would be and there would

24:31

be uh in a lot of trouble and

24:33

they you know, we're already you know, watching

24:36

it carefully as it is. But it does

24:39

have a tremendous effect on our ability to uh

24:42

produce uh food for the for

24:44

the country in the world. Actually, so

24:47

obviously we've seen uh, you know, Roverse

24:49

Wade being overturned, Thank God for that. What

24:51

does that mean for Iowa? What do you what is

24:53

Iowa doing on the issue of life? Yeah, So

24:55

in two thousand and eighteen, in the midst of an election,

24:58

I passed the scientists for law uh

25:00

uh fetal heartbeat bill and

25:03

UH based on the Supreme

25:05

Court that was in place at that time

25:07

four years ago, UM it

25:10

was they found it. We had a twenty four

25:12

hour waiting bill too that we had also UM

25:15

passed, and they challenged

25:17

that and in the ruling on that they

25:20

said that UM,

25:22

the Iowa Constitution guaranteed

25:24

a right to an abortion and

25:26

also found an injunction of course against the

25:28

Fetal Heartbeat Bill. And so

25:31

four years later, with a

25:33

completely different makeup of the Iowa Supreme

25:35

Court UM which

25:37

I have appointed four of the seven

25:40

soon to be five of the seven Supreme Court justices,

25:43

they overturned their ruling

25:45

from four years ago and said

25:47

that the Iowa Supreme Court does

25:50

not funded, is not doesn't

25:52

guarantee a fundamental right to an abortion. So

25:55

but they didn't take it a step further

25:58

and actually, um uh

26:00

say that you know that they didn't change

26:02

to rational basis. They left it on

26:05

New Bourton. And so we're continuing to

26:07

move through the um legal

26:09

process to ask them to re hear that

26:12

case again based on Dobbs. And then I've

26:14

also asked them to lift the injunction

26:17

on the Fetal Heartbeat Bill, and

26:20

so we're back in the courts, but right

26:22

now we believe that that's the way

26:24

that we can get them to based on Dobbs,

26:26

moved from Undrewbourden to rational basis, which

26:29

would ultimately make the Fetal

26:31

Heartbeat Bill um law, which

26:33

is you know, six weeks so we're not quite

26:35

there. It wasn't the destination,

26:38

but it gave us a path to

26:40

get to where we need to go. Um and

26:42

you know, we're optimistic with the courts that we

26:44

have, with the court that we have today. So the Ia State

26:47

Fair is coming up. I have never been talk

26:49

a little bit about that. You talk about the State

26:52

Fair. Oh my gosh. Okay, well,

26:54

here's your personal invitation to

26:56

come. I'd like to get the whole

26:58

group that we had done in Florida and bring back and do

27:00

a do a reunion here. First of all,

27:02

it is amazing. It's ten days. I'm

27:04

out there every single day. How

27:07

great is it to go to work in blue jeans, cowboy

27:09

boots, my blink belt, have the opportunity

27:12

to visit with iolands from

27:14

all over the state. It is

27:17

um It's just it's the best of

27:19

the best. Um. It showcases

27:21

agriculture and culture and everything that's

27:23

great about Iowa. You can literally

27:25

eat your way through the fair. I had

27:28

my first Checkie center along by ten o'clock on

27:30

the opening day because they are so good.

27:33

Um, I couldn't wait. And

27:35

uh, anyway, it's just a great time.

27:37

It's a great time to spend with Iolans

27:39

and showcase everything that we love about our state.

27:42

And you just there, you'll

27:45

get more hubs and Uh, just

27:47

people. It just is a great time, and

27:49

the ousing is it's a great place to spend time

27:51

with family. I went with my family

27:54

when I'm a kid. We went once a year.

27:56

We would get up early in the morning, we would pack

27:59

the line, you know, drive to the to the

28:01

fair grounds park and then you know,

28:03

do our our typical stops. And so I

28:06

love doing the same thing with my kids

28:08

and now our grandkids, and so we

28:11

we used to do all of them at once. We've

28:13

discovered that we can probably do

28:15

it a little better if we do one family at

28:17

a time. But we get to go down the giant slide

28:20

and eat our way to the fair and ride

28:22

rides and look at all of the great livestock

28:24

that's on display there. So it's

28:26

a lot of fun. So I would love to have you

28:28

come and maybe do your podcast

28:31

from here, and we could I could take you

28:33

around and just introduce you, to introduce

28:35

you to some great Iowa's. I might have to look

28:37

into that and take you up on that Governor. That sounds

28:39

like a lot of serious. I really

28:41

am going to look into it. I guarantee

28:44

you you will love it. We'll

28:47

have to talk afterwards. I think you know then we have again

28:50

the build the Dreams is doing the

28:52

game there, which is right around the same time.

28:54

And so that's another just great destination spot

28:56

that's filled with a lot of fun time

28:58

and just family and fun and

29:01

experiencing just we have a

29:03

great quality of life in Iowa. Are are great

29:05

a fast up by far as our people, and

29:07

and that you get to you know, those are two great

29:09

places where we can showcase that. It sounds

29:11

like so much fun. I'm seriously gonna look at I

29:14

always like to I'm serious, is there anything

29:16

else you'd like to leave us with before we go?

29:19

Well, now, I just appreciate the opportunity. It just

29:21

it really is um you know,

29:23

it's we're at a pivotal point in this country's history,

29:26

and I just it's really important

29:28

that people pay attention and show up

29:30

and and I think that's one of the things

29:32

I just try to remind Iowa's as I traveled

29:34

the state to think about where we're at

29:37

an Iowa and a lot of the other red states

29:39

like Florida that have the you know, the

29:41

good fortune to have Governor to stant

29:43

Us leading that state and really bringing

29:45

people from all of the blue states

29:47

down to Florida because of the

29:50

freedom and liberty and opportunities

29:52

that exist in that in that state

29:54

and in those you can't

29:56

take those things for granted. We truly

29:59

need to stand up and push

30:01

back and let our elected

30:03

representatives know what your

30:06

expectation is. This country is worth

30:08

fighting for, and you

30:10

just we need people to really be

30:13

paying attention and to to get into

30:15

the fight, to stand strong. I always

30:17

say I'll stand strong for you, for you,

30:19

and I'm I'm happy and excited

30:22

to do it. But we need to engage

30:24

and if if we show up, we'll win

30:26

and we'll get this country turned

30:29

around. And I truly believe will we'll

30:31

be able to do it in a pretty fast you

30:33

know, pretty pretty quick fashioning. We were able to

30:35

do it here in the state. When we took office, it

30:38

was a significantly different um

30:41

government than it is it is right now. So

30:43

um, pay attention. This country

30:45

matters. Were so blessed to live in the greatest

30:47

country in the world, and so help

30:50

us, help us get back to that and

30:52

help us maintain it. Well, I agree, pay

30:54

attention and pay attention to Governor

30:56

Kim Reynolds. Governor, You're awesome. I appreciate

30:59

you leading the fight, uh in doing so as

31:01

a as a happy warrior. So thank you for all that you do

31:03

and I appreciate you joining the show. And I'm also going

31:05

to look into the West Fair who

31:08

I'm gonna follow a laugh. You won't regret

31:10

it. I love it. Take care of Governor, Thanks

31:12

so much, Thank you. Isn't

31:18

she awesome? I met her a couple of weeks

31:20

ago, and I just loved her, and I was so impressed

31:22

by her. She's just so likable, she's so smart.

31:25

She's a fighter, but she does it in just like a happy

31:27

warrior way. I just I'm a big fan of

31:30

Governor Kim Reynolds. Keep your eye out on her.

31:32

She's awesome and you're awesome,

31:34

and I appreciate you guys for taking the time to

31:37

listen. I want to thank my executive

31:39

producer, John Cassio for working so hard to

31:41

bring this show to you every Monday,

31:43

every Thursday, The Truth with Lisa

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