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This is a few days late, but needs to be done.
Republican State Rep. Skyler Wheeler earned The Iowa Standard’s “Legislator of the Week” Award for his work Feb. 8-11.
Rep. Wheeler provided an in-depth undressing of the numerous factual errors contained in the New York Times’ 1619 Project.
If you missed his comments on the bill, watch them below:
In addition, he led the way in eliminating tenure at Iowa’s regent universities. Wheeler argued that tenure’s original purpose was to protect academic diversity — which is essentially no longer.
PREVIOUS LEGISLATOR-OF-THE-WEEK AWARDS:
Feb. 1-4:
