Iowa’s Republican Attorney General wants to defund the police… well the Winneshiek County Sheriff to be precise.

Attorney General Brenna Bird filed a lawsuit aimed at stripping Winneshiek County of ALL its state funding. That includes its law enforcement. All because of a — checks script — Facebook post.

Sheriff Dan Marx, a fellow Republican, said his office would reject unconstitutional immigration detainer requests that weren't approved by courts. And now he’s in a fight with AG Bird and Governor Kim Reynolds.

On this episode of Cornhole Champions, host Zachary Oren Smith speaks with Winneshiek County Republican Party Co-Chair Thomas Hansen about why it “doesn’t make sense” for state Republicans to attack Marx. “just seems wrong.”

Then Iowa Starting Line’s Amie Rivers and Avery Staker join to break down Whirlpool’s layoff of a third of their employees in Amana and the US. Secretary of Agriculture’s visit to the state.

Cornhole Champions is a weekly podcast powered by Iowa Starting Line with music by Avery Mossman. We are a proud member of the Iowa Writers Collaborative. For more, check out its roundup of local writers.

Links:

* 1st Story - Whirlpool lays off 650 (Iowa Starting Line)

* 2nd Story - County Supervisors by districts is a bad idea (John Deeth)

* 3rd Story - County Supervisors by districts is a bad idea (John Deeth)

* 4th Story - Attorney general moves to strip Winneshiek County of all state funding (Iowa Capital Dispatch)

Guest:

* Thomas Hansen is the co-chair of the Winneshiek County Republican Party, the co-chair of the Republican 2nd District Executive Committee and has served on the Republican Party of Iowa’s platform committee for 12 years.

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