| Recent reporting has exposed another misleading ad from Zach Nunn and his allies attacking Sarah Trone Garriott, featuring a woman who calls Sarah “just plain dangerous” – when that woman literally “pleaded guilty to a count of child endangerment” after she “drove drunk with two of her children in the car.”
Read the coverage for yourself:
Washington Post: Woman in ad who said a Democrat endangers kids pleaded guilty to endangering kids
Shellie Flockhart, who called Iowa Democratic House candidate Sarah Trone Garriott “dangerous” for kids, pleaded guilty after authorities said she drove drunk with her children in the car in 2017.
- A Republican woman in a campaign commercial gave a grave warning about Sarah Trone Garriott, the Democratic candidate in one of Iowa’s most competitive House districts.
- “When it comes to our kids, Sarah is just plain dangerous,” says Shellie Flockhart, a Dallas Center city councilwoman identified in the ad by her first name.
- Flockhart, 55, pleaded guilty to charges related to child endangerment and driving under the influence after authorities said she drove drunk with two of her children in the car in 2017.
Daily Mail: Mom who starred in $1M campaign ad accusing Democrat of endangering children is exposed as convicted child endangerer
- A Republican city councilwoman who appeared in a campaign video warning that an Iowa Democratic congressional candidate posed a danger to children was previously convicted of child endangerment herself.
- …Flockhart was arrested in 2017 for driving while intoxicated with two of her own children in the car, the Washington Post reported.
National Journal: IA-03. A Republican woman featured in a campaign ad accusing state Rep. Sarah Trone Garriott (D) of being dangerous for children herself pleaded guilty of endangering children. Dallas Center Councilwoman Shellie Flockhart (R) pleaded guilty to charges “after authorities said she drove drunk with two of her children in the car in 2017.” (Washington Post)
Raw Story: GOP attack ad backfires as woman warning about kids exposed for DUI with her kids in car
Mediate: Woman Arrested for Child Endangerment Shows Up in Ad Decrying Dem as a Danger to Kids: Report
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