Battleground Dem candidate linked public displays of faith to political violence in 2023 speech

A Democratic House candidate running in a battleground seat in southwestern Iowa linked faith to political violence while warning against religion in public life, according to unearthed audio reviewed by Fox News Digital.

"We have seen religion and political violence showing up more and more in our public spaces," Democratic candidate Sarah Trone Garriott said in a 2023 speech at a Methodist church. "It's something that is just very in our faces and something that we're very concerned about...