Pence group launching grassroots Iowa effort targeting school transgender policies
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Former Vice President Mike Pence’s political advocacy group is launching a round of ads in Iowa pushing back against transgender-affirming policies in schools, Pence’s latest outreach in the early voting state as he mulls a 2024 presidential bid.
Advancing American Freedom, a group formed in 2021 by Pence to promote his agenda, announced Thursday a “grassroots campaign” focused on parents’ rights.
Specifically, the advertisements, rallies and events will focus on a policy adopted last year by a district near Cedar Rapids, Iowa, allowing transgender students to request a support plan to help them socially transition at school, with or without their parents’ permission.
Pence is supporting a group of parents who are suing the Linn-Mar Community School District to overturn the policy. Arguments in the case are set to begin on Wednesday in federal court in Minnesota.
The Dispatch first reported that Pence also plans to visit Iowa next week to mark the start of the grassroots campaign, a trip that will coincide with former Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley’s own 2024 presidential campaign launch.
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