2026-03-27T08:00:54-04:00 / 福克斯新闻
福克斯新闻数字频道审查的一段被挖出的录音显示，一名在爱荷华州西南部摇摆选区参选的民主党众议院候选人在2023年的一次演讲中，将宗教与政治暴力联系起来，同时警告人们警惕公共生活中的宗教问题。
“我们已经看到宗教和政治暴力在我们的公共空间中出现的频率越来越高，”民主党候选人莎拉·特龙·加里奥特（Sarah Trone Garriott）在2023年卫理公会教堂的一次演讲中表示，“这是一件非常引人注目的事情，我们对此非常担忧，而且目前感觉非常具有威胁性。”
特龙·加里奥特是一名州议员和路德教会牧师，她正试图在11月的中期选举中击败共和党众议员扎克·努恩（R-Iowa）。在开始竞选众议院席位之前，特龙·加里奥特自称为基督教民族主义的激烈反对者——一些保守派人士认为，批评者用这个词来描绘一些基督徒容易发生暴力且对民主怀有敌意。
在演讲中，特龙·加里奥特表示“将宗教和政治放在一起讨论是件好事”，并积极谈论在社区中践行信仰。然而，她反复表达了对看到公共场合基督教展示的不适，并暗示这是需要根除的问题。
根据特龙·加里奥特的说法，一张一名女子举着写有“上帝之下的一个国家，不可分割”（源自《效忠誓词》）的标语的照片，是“信仰与政治权力碰撞的几种相当令人不安的方式之一”。这位爱荷华州民主党人还指出了唐纳德·特朗普总统集会上的基督教展示以及1月6日美国国会山骚乱期间的相关展示。
“这不是一个基督教国家，它是一个属于我们所有人的国家，”特龙·加里奥特告诉教堂会众，“空间和程序必须为所有人服务，我们需要努力提醒人们这一点。”
作为州参议员，特龙·加里奥特表示，她故意选择了非“白人美国基督徒类型”的开场祷告，而是来自无神论者、世俗人士和其他非基督教视角的祷告。
特龙·加里奥特还对教育中的家长权利和私立基督教学校提出了批评。她指责这两者都源于对公立学校融合的种族主义反对，当时家长希望为子女创造一个“白人飞地”。
“所以也许这些事情今天听起来很熟悉，”特龙·加里奥特在她的讲话中说，“这并不是什么新鲜事。”
随后，特龙·加里奥特将白人男性与她对禁止生理男性参加女子运动或防止儿童阅读露骨性内容的立法的批评联系起来。她在州参议院任职期间曾特别反对一项将男性排除在女子运动之外的法案。
“它实际上被掩盖在‘对女性有威胁，而白人男性有责任保护女性免受威胁’的语言之下，”特龙·加里奥特表示。
特龙·加里奥特的竞选团队未回应多次置评请求。
寻求11月连任第三届的努恩在给福克斯新闻数字频道的声明中抨击了这段重新浮出水面的视频中的特龙·加里奥特的言论。
“我在爱荷华州长大，那里的人们每周都去教堂，会为邻居挺身而出，”努恩说，“莎拉·特龙·加里奥特走进教堂就必须发表一篇关于他们的信仰具有威胁性、他们的学校有种族主义的训诫。”
“她明确表示，爱荷华州家庭每天赖以生存的价值观正是她在反对的，”他补充道。
众议院民主党竞选机构——民主党国会竞选委员会（DCCC）表示，特龙·加里奥特正在努力团结爱荷华州第3国会选区的民众，并谴责政治暴力。
DCCC发言人凯蒂·史密斯说：“莎拉是一位母亲和牧师，她曾担任医院牧师和教区牧师，服务于她的社区——宗教在她的生活中一直是一股指导力量，至今仍是如此。莎拉一直谴责任何形式的政治暴力，无论它以何种丑陋的形式出现，她也将继续努力团结爱荷华州人民。”
无党派库克政治报告将这场共和党控制的席位争夺战评为“胜负未定”。
Battleground Dem candidate linked public displays of faith to political violence in 2023 speech
2026-03-27T08:00:54-04:00 / Fox News
A Democratic House candidate running in a battleground seat in southwestern Iowa linked faith to political violence while warning against religion in public life, according to unearthed audio reviewed by Fox News Digital.
“We have seen religion and political violence showing up more and more in our public spaces,” Democratic candidate Sarah Trone Garriott said in a 2023 speech at a Methodist church. “It’s something that is just very in our faces and something that we’re very concerned about, and something that feels very threatening right now at this time.”
Trone Garriott, a state legislator and Lutheran minister, is running to defeat Rep. Zach Nunn, R-Iowa, in November’s midterm elections. Prior to launching a House bid, Trone Garriott fashioned herself as a fierce opponent of Christian nationalism — a term some conservatives have argued that critics use to paint some Christians as prone to violence and hostile toward democracy.
In the speech, Trone Garriott said it was “a good thing to talk about religion and politics together” and spoke positively about living out one’s faith in their community. However, she repeatedly voiced discomfort about seeing public Christian displays and suggested it was something to be rooted out.
An image of a woman holding a sign with the phrase “one nation under God, indivisible” found in the Pledge of Allegiance, according to Trone Garriott, was one of several “pretty uncomfortable ways that faith and political power have collided.” The Iowa Democrat also called attention to Christian displays at one of President Donald Trump’s rallies and during the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
“This is not a Christian nation. It’s a nation for all of us,” Trone Garriott told the church congregants. “Spaces and proceedings need to be for all people, and we need to work on reminding folks of that.”
As a state senator, Trone Garriott said she intentionally sought out opening prayers that were not from the “White American Christian variety,” but from atheist, secular and other non-Christian perspectives.
Trone Garriott also spoke critically of parental rights in education and private Christian schools. She charged that both stemmed from racist opposition to the integration of public schools when parents desired to create a “White enclave” for their children.
“So maybe some of these things sound familiar today,” Trone Garriott said in her remarks. “It’s nothing new.”
The Iowa Democrat then proceeded to tie White men to her criticism of legislation barring biological males from women’s sports or preventing children from reading sexually explicit material. She notably opposed a bill keeping men out of women’s sports while serving in the state Senate.
“It’s really couched in the language of there’s a threat against women and White men are responsible to protect women from threats,” Trone Garriott said.
Trone Garriott’s campaign did not respond to multiple requests for comment.
Nunn, who is seeking a third term in November, slammed Trone Garriott’s comments in the resurfaced video in a statement to Fox News Digital.
“I was raised around Iowans who go to church every week and show up for their neighbors,” Nunn said. “Sarah Trone Garriott can’t walk into a church without delivering a lecture about how their faith is threatening and their schools are racist.”
“She’s made it clear that the values Iowa families live by every single day are the ones she’s running against,” he added.
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), House Democrats’ campaign arm, said Trone Garriott is working to unify Iowans in the 3rd Congressional District and condemns political violence.
“Sarah is a mom and minister who has served her community as a hospital chaplain and a parish pastor — public display of her faith has been a guiding force in Sarah’s life and continues to be to this day,” DCCC spokesperson Katie Smith said. “Sarah has always condemned political violence however it rears its ugly head and will always work to bring Iowans together.”
The nonpartisan Cook Political Report rates the contest for the Republican-held seat as a “toss-up.”
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