Radical Law Professor’s Third Congressional Bid Exposes Democrats’ Anti-Police Agenda

A University of Iowa law professor who championed bail funds for violent rioters, chaired a DEI committee during the summer of chaos, and publicly opposed legislation protecting police officers is preparing yet another run for Congress—despite losing twice to the same Republican incumbent.

Christina Bohannan’s record isn’t just concerning. It’s disqualifying.

The DEI Professor Who Sided With Rioters Over Police

In 2020, while chairing the University of Iowa Law School’s DEI Committee, Bohannan actively promoted organizations dedicated to defunding and abolishing law enforcement. As Iowa police officers suffered injuries—some shined with lasers in Iowa City, one placed in a chokehold in Des Moines—Bohannan urged students and staff to “support the movement” by donating to the Minnesota Freedom Fund and National Bail Out Fund.

These aren’t moderate criminal justice reform groups. They’re radical organizations explicitly committed to defunding police departments across America.

The pattern gets worse. Bohannan admitted to being “very active” in an organization working to abolish ICE and establish sanctuary cities. In 2019, she donated money to bail out illegal aliens through a group that publicly fantasized about creating a “world without police.”

Let that sink in. A law professor—someone supposedly committed to upholding legal order—funding efforts to eliminate law enforcement entirely.

Opposing Accountability, Enabling Lawlessness

When Iowa legislators responded to 2020’s violence with the “Back the Blue Act,” Bohannan led the opposition. The legislation represented common-sense reforms: increased penalties for rioting, protections preventing public disclosure of officers’ personal information, and expanded qualified immunity for police doing their jobs.

Bohannan called it “dangerous and disturbing.”

In a revealing op-ed, she objected to making it a crime to intentionally obstruct streets and sidewalks “with the intent to prevent or hinder” their lawful use. Apparently, blocking highways and preventing citizens from accessing public spaces should remain consequence-free.

She attacked provisions requiring compliance with unmarked police vehicles, fearmongering that “BIPOC community” members and women would be endangered—ignoring that the law specifically applied to clearly identified law enforcement vehicles with emergency lights.

Most telling, Bohannan opposed measures prohibiting sanctuary city policies and requiring local governments to enforce state law without discretion. She characterized mandatory law enforcement as “a recipe for increased tensions and conflict.”

Translation: Local officials should be free to ignore laws they find politically inconvenient.

A Pattern of Extremism and Exaggeration

Bohannan’s congressional aspirations have repeatedly collided with her radical record and questionable claims.

Public records revealed significant discrepancies in her professional background. While marketing herself as a “former environmental engineer,” Florida license records showed her actual position was “Engineering Intern” from 1991 to 1994. No evidence exists of engineering work at any other point in her career.

Her policy positions confirm what conservatives already knew: Bohannan represents the furthest left reaches of Democratic ideology.

She condemned Iowa’s voter ID requirements as a “threat to democratic governance”—the same tired talking point Democrats deploy against basic election security measures every American supports.

She argued that prohibiting convicted rapists and murderers from voting also threatened democracy—suggesting that committing heinous violent crimes shouldn’t affect civic participation.

She advocated for Medicaid funding of “gender confirmation surgery” for transgender individuals—forcing taxpayers to subsidize radical gender ideology.

She defended teaching critical race theory in Iowa schools, calling it “important work”—endorsing the divisive racial indoctrination parents nationwide have rejected.

Hillary’s Handpicked Candidate

The 2022 campaign contribution from Hillary Clinton’s political action committee, Onward Together, tells you everything about Bohannan’s true allegiances. She’s not a moderate Midwesterner. She’s a coastal liberal favorite parachuted into Iowa to advance a radical agenda.

Bohannan wants a third chance to unseat Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, having failed in two previous attempts. Iowa voters have already rejected her twice. They understand what she represents: defunding police, abolishing immigration enforcement, expanding taxpayer-funded gender surgeries, and eliminating election security measures.

The Choice Couldn’t Be Clearer

As RNC spokesman Zach Kraft put it: “Leave it to a DEI professor to say that backing the blue is racist. It is pretty easy to see why ‘Black Lives Matter’ Bohannan is a two-time loser, and she is well on her way to threepeating.”

Iowa’s Democratic primary voters face a decision. They can nominate Bohannan and guarantee another loss, or they can acknowledge that her brand of academic radicalism has no place representing hardworking Iowans in Congress.

Republicans should welcome a third Bohannan campaign. Her record makes the contrast crystal clear: conservatives back law enforcement, secure borders, parental rights, and election integrity. Democrats back bail funds for rioters, sanctuary cities for illegal aliens, critical race theory, and eliminating voter ID.

That’s not a close call. That’s a landslide waiting to happen.

Bohannan’s inevitable third defeat will send an unmistakable message: Iowa rejects the defund-the-police movement, progressive prosecutors who refuse to enforce laws, and DEI bureaucrats who prioritize radical ideology over public safety.

The only question is whether national Democrats will waste resources defending the indefensible—again.