Iowa student wears ‘banned books’ shirt to troll Republican governor at scholar ceremony

Several Iowa high school students took advantage of Gov Kim Reynolds’ attendance at an Iowa Governor’s Scholar Program ceremony to register their dissatisfaction with her policies targeting education.

With the end of the school year approaching, Ms Reynolds was on stage on Sunday greeting and taking pictures with students who were being recognised with Iowa Governor’s Scholar certificates for their academic accomplishments.

One student being recognised was Clementine Springsteen, a senior at Davenport West High School, who is a transgender woman. Ms Reynolds signed a ban on gender-affirming care in Iowa into law in March, and so when Ms Springsteen’s name was called, she walked to the stage and posed for a photograph with Ms Reynolds before yelling “Trans rights are human rights!”

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Students took aim at Ms Reynolds for other reasons. Leo Friedman of Newton High School, walked to the stage in a shirt that read “I Read Banned Books,” an apparent reference to Ms Reynolds’ push for a severe crackdown on content in school libraries.

Another Newton High student, Marin Pettigrew, wore an open blazer over a t-shirt that read “Public Money for Public Schools.” Ms Reynolds earlier this year signed a school choice bill into law that will funnel state money to private schools, including religious schools.

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