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克里斯蒂娜·博安南还表示，她对一项禁止《1619项目》的共和党法案在爱荷华州未获通过感到“欣慰”
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爱荷华州摇摆选区的民主党候选人克里斯蒂娜·博安南因过往言论遭到共和党议员的审视。她曾称，如果学校不开展多元化培训，爱荷华州会被视为“落后”，还声称美国开国元勋在独立战争期间的动机是维护奴隶制。
博安南是法学教授、前爱荷华州众议员，这是她第三次试图推翻现任共和党议员玛丽安妮特·米勒-米克斯在爱荷华州第一国会选区的席位。她在2024年的选举中以不到一个百分点的差距落败。此次微弱差距让这场重选备受关注，共和党正努力保住这个最具竞争力的席位之一，同时抨击博安南在多元化、公平性与包容性问题上的过往立场。
共和党全国委员会发言人扎克·克拉夫特在给福克斯新闻数字频道的一份声明中称：“‘多元化、公平性与包容性女王’克里斯蒂娜·博安南认为乔治·弗洛伊德是榜样，应该取消乔治·华盛顿的纪念。爱荷华州民众将发扬1776年的精神，再次拒绝这位两度失利的候选人，这样她就能回去继续把所有人和所有事都打上种族主义的标签。”
博安南的这些言论是在2021年的“穹顶之下”播客中发表的，如今遭到了共和党人的猛烈抨击。
克罗克特的潜在继任者多次抨击美国推进赔偿计划：“这一直是邪恶的”
2025年7月30日，爱荷华州华盛顿市，爱荷华州第一国会选区候选人克里斯蒂娜·博安南在参观华盛顿县医院及诊所后举行新闻发布会。（朱莉娅·汉森 / 爱荷华城新闻报）
当时还是州众议员的博安南表示，她“非常担忧”爱荷华州议会提出的一项法案，该法案禁止在公立学校和大学教授包括隐性偏见培训在内的多元化培训。她称，隐性偏见——即人们基于种族对他人产生的无意识态度——“确实存在”，且“性质严重”。
“我认为如果该法案获得通过，将会造成严重分裂，”博安南当时说道，“我认为这会向外界传递一个非常糟糕的信号，让爱荷华州看起来像是一个落后的州，不了解系统性种族主义这类问题。”
共和党州长金·雷诺兹于2021年6月签署了该法案使之生效。
博安南还在播客中表示，她对一项由共和党支持的禁止《1619项目》的法案在立法会议期间未获通过感到“欣慰”。《1619项目》是《纽约时报》发起的系列报道，认为奴隶制是美国建国的核心。
民主党议员称拉美裔支持特朗普选民背后是“奴隶心态”
2024年10月23日，爱荷华州爱荷华市，爱荷华州第一国会选区候选人克里斯蒂娜·博安南在一场关于经济适用房的圆桌会议上倾听发言。（爱荷华城新闻报）
博安南称，《1619项目》的核心是“一些革命领导人支持革命是因为他们想要维护奴隶制制度”，同时她也指出，独立战争还有其他动因，比如税收问题。
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多年来，博安南一直支持多元化、公平性与包容性倡议，以及警务改革和移民权利组织。
关键参议院初选民主党人就对莱肯·赖利法案投下的票表示“后悔”，引发共和党反弹
在爱荷华州议会任职期间，她共同发起了一项要求医疗专业人员接受隐性偏见培训的法案，但该法案从未在委员会获得通过。
作为爱荷华大学法学院多元化、公平性与包容性委员会主席，在乔治·弗洛伊德被杀后，她推动学生支持“黑人的命也是命”运动。在给学生的一封信中，她列出了五个学生可以捐款的基金，包括明尼苏达自由基金和全国保释基金，这两个基金都支持“Defund the Police”（削减警察预算）运动。
2025年12月16日，华盛顿特区，众议员玛丽安妮特·米勒-米克斯在国会山举行的新闻发布会上发言。（亚历克斯·王 / 盖蒂图片社）
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2020年的一场候选人论坛上，也就是博安南首次竞选国会议员期间，她表示自己“非常积极地参与”了东爱荷华州工人正义组织，该组织致力于废除移民海关执法局（ICE），据《华盛顿自由灯塔报》报道。一年前，博安南还向草原自由基金捐款，帮助非法移民保释出狱。该草原自由基金旨在建立一个“没有警察的世界”。
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‘Queen of DEI’ running for Congress ripped her rural state as ‘backwards’ on podcast
April 23, 2026 12:08pm EDT / Fox News
Christina Bohannan also said she was ‘glad’ a Republican bill banning the 1619 Project failed in Iowa
By Elaine Mallon
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Christina Bohannan, a Democratic candidate in a battleground Iowa district, is facing scrutiny from Republicans over past remarks in which she said the state would be viewed as “backwards” without diversity training in schools and argued the nation’s founders were motivated by preserving slavery during the Revolutionary War.
Bohannan, a law professor and former Iowa state representative, is making her third attempt to unseat incumbent Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, in the state’s 1st Congressional District after losing by less than a percentage point in 2024. The razor-thin margin has set up a high-stakes rematch this cycle, as Republicans work to defend one of their most competitive seats while highlighting Bohannan’s past positions on diversity, equity and inclusion.
“DEI Queen Christina Bohannan thinks George Floyd is a role model, and George Washington should be cancelled,” Republican National Committee spokesperson Zach Kraft said in a statement to Fox News Digital.”Iowans will channel the spirit of 1776 to reject this two-time loser once again so she can return to her day job calling everyone and everything racist.”
Bohannan made the remarks now under GOP fire on the podcast “Under the Dome” in 2021.
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Christina Bohannan, candidate for Iowa’s 1st Congressional District, holds a press conference following a visit to the Washington County Hospitals & Clinics July 30, 2025, in Washington, Iowa.(Julia Hansen / Iowa City Press-Citize)
Bohannan, then a state representative, said she was “really concerned” about a bill in the Iowa legislature banning diversity training, including implicit bias training, from being taught at public schools and universities. She said that implicit bias, an unconscious attitude a person may have toward someone based on race, is “very real,” and is “serious.”
“I think that it is going to be very divisive if passed,” Bohannan said at the time. “I think that it’s going to send a very bad message about Iowa and that it is going to seem like are kind of this backwards state that doesn’t understand there are things like systemic racism.”
Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds signed that bill into law in June 2021.
Bohannan also said on the podcast that she was “glad” that a Republican-backed bill banning the 1619 Project, a New York Times initiative that suggests slavery is central to the nation’s founding, failed during the legislative session.
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Christina Bohannan, candidate for Iowa’s first congressional district, listens during a roundtable on affordable housing Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024, in Iowa City, Iowa.(Iowa City Press-Citizen)
The 1619 Project focuses “on the fact that there were some Revolutionary leaders who became supportive of that Revolution because they wanted to preserve the institution of slavery,” Bohannan said, noting there were other reasons for the revolution, such as taxation.
Fox News Digital reached out to Bohannan for comment.
Bohannan has supported diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, as well as police reform and migrant rights groups, for years.
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While in the Iowa legislature, she co-sponsored a bill requiring implicit bias training for health professionals, but the bill never made it out of committee.
As chairwoman of the University of Iowa law school’s DEI Committee, she pushed students to support the Black Lives Matter movement in the wake of the killing of George Floyd. In a letter to students, she listed five different funds students can donate to, including the Minnesota Freedom Fund and the National Bail Out Fund, which both support defunding the police.
Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks speaks during a news conference at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 16, 2025.(Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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During a candidate forum in 2020, at the time of Bohannan’s first congressional campaign, she said she was “very active” in Worker Justice of Eastern Iowa, a group focused on abolishing ICE, the Washington Free Beacon reported. A year prior, Bohannan donated money to the Prairieland Freedom Fund to help bail illegal immigrants out of jail. The Prairieland Freedom Fund seeks to establish a “world without police.”
Fox News Digital reached out to Miller-Meeks’ campaign for comment.
Elaine Mallon is a writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business covering national politics.
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