DES MOINES – IDP Chair Rita Hart issued the following statement regarding a white nationalist group that marched in Des Moines on Feb 24, 2025:

“On Feb 24th, a white supremacist group that primarily exists to spread hate and fear by marching with their flags and hiding their faces with white masks, tried to intimidate Iowans. This group has joined protests that resulted in murder, harassment and chaos in cities like Charlottesville and Nashville. Let me be clear: This group, their scare tactics, and their hate have no place in Iowa.”