Property: eminent domain for private projects
What they say
His campaign says he would pass legislation prohibiting private companies from using eminent domain to take property for commercial gain.
“I will work to pass legislation prohibiting private companies from harnessing the coercive power of the state to seize property for commercial gain, ending eminent domain abuse in our nation.”
In their own words, dated
“Polling shows that 78% of Iowans oppose private companies forcibly taking property from unwilling landowners for the construction of carbon-capture pipelines. And, yet, our Iowa legislature just adjourned without passing a bill that would stop eminent domain abuse by private, for-profit, carbon-capture pipeline companies.”
What the record shows
No like-for-like official action exists: his current public role is county attorney, not legislator.
Limit: No like-for-like official action exists: a county attorney's office takes no legislative position on eminent domain. The dated post and the platform say the same thing; the post's polling figure is his claim and is not verified here.