Sarah Trone Garriott: A Wolf in Pearls

A new column criticizes radical Sarah Trone Garriott for being a “wolf in pearls” as a Harvard-educated, ordained pastor with a history of calling Christianity a threat.

Read more of the column below or here.

She Said Christianity Feels ‘Threatening.’ Now She Wants Your Vote.
Daily Wire
Chloe Trapanotto
April 1, 2026

Sarah Trone Garriott has a Harvard Divinity degree, a Lutheran ordination, and a history of calling Christianity a threat. Now she wants to be your Congresswoman.

Garriott, who is currently serving in the Iowa State Senate and running to flip Iowa’s Third Congressional District blue, made remarks in 2023 that should follow her to every campaign stop, debate stage, and Iowa church pew between now and November. Speaking about religious conservatives, she described them as “uncomfortable” — as something that “feels very threatening” — and linked Christianity itself to “political violence.” Not radical Islam. Not jihadist ideology. Christianity.

She said this as an ordained minister of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

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Sarah Trone Garriott is a wolf in pearls — ordained, Harvard-educated, interfaith-credentialed, and deeply hostile to the faith she claims to represent. A minister who thinks Christianity is an imminent threat is not a pastor; she is a politician in a collar. Don’t let her do to Iowa’s Third District what Judas did in the garden — betray it with a kiss, wearing the vestments of a friend.