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Well, what a surprise! MAGA Kim Reynolds steps out of the governor’s race for 2026 and Iowa’s MAGA legislators acting as all MAGAs do, turn an ant hill into a mountain in an attempt to smear the one Democrat in Iowa holding a statewide office, Rob Sand.

When you look at the timeline it becomes quite apparent that this was something that MAGA legislators cared little about until it became apparent that Sand will have a good shot at becoming governor. Then it suddenly became necessary to create an issue to try to smear Sand.

As the video explains, there wasn’t a lot that Sands auditor’s office could do. Legislators trying to make it seem as if Sand could have done something only make themselves look foolish in their lack of understanding how the government works.

The Iowa Capitol Dispatch had very good summarizing paragraphs on their report:

“Sand had argued in the meeting that he was not mischaracterizing the importance of the issue, but stating that the funding did not result in the impacted government accounts like the Victim Compensation Fund running out of money — or denying Iowans services because of the underfunding. The auditor’s report found this fund’s lowest balance from FY 2021 to 2024 was just under $2.7 million, and that the other impacted funds also did not run out of funds during this period.

“There wasn’t anybody at this table, but there are people in the state of Iowa who have asserted that because of the misallocation of judicial branch services weren’t provided,” Sand said. “This statement shows that that’s not true.”

Several Republicans on the committee also asked for “verifiable” and “traceable” information, which Sand said was information provided in the audit, but added lawmakers can make further formal requests for information on transactions.

The focus on Sand in the government oversight committee meeting comes as the auditor is expected to run as a Democratic candidate for governor in the 2026 general election. Some of the Republicans who have made statements criticizing Sand over the court debt misallocation issue, like Bird and Speaker Grassley, have also indicated they are considering a gubernatorial run after Gov. Kim Reynolds announced she will not seek reelection in 2026.”

I think we can expect much, much more of this from the Iowa MAGA legislature in the next year.

Rob Sand has a record of impeccable integrity in his work as State Auditor. In an age where corruption permeates the MAGA party from White House to courthouse and all stops in between, having a gubernatorial candidate with such an impeccable record is a major plus for the Democrats. 

The MAGA legislature and the MAGA Party in Iowa will look like fools in their attempts to smear Sand.