GET ME REWRITE: Rep. Charley Thomson (R-Charles City) takes his turn at the Iowa House of Representatives Clown Show podium

 

Top headline:  Des Moines Register, 2/13/2026

Bottom headline:  Gateway Journalism Review, 4/10/2025

Stephen Gruber-Miller reports for the Register :

Rep. Charley Thomson, R-Charles City, pushed back on concerns raised at a subcommittee meeting Thursday, Feb. 12, that the bill would lead to books being banned. "This doesn’t ban a single piece of paper," he said. 

"This restricts access to minors and puts the access decision up to the parents, where it should be."

That's right, Charley; it's the parents' decision.  So why are you and your GOP colleagues butting in if the bill indeed has nothing to do with censorship.

Some parents are actually comfortable with their children reading adult books. 

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