Lies from a Trump Christian Hustler in Iowa

Today, in the last few hours before the 2024 Iowa caucuses, some new information about Donald Trump’s Iowa Faith Leader Coalition has come to light.

There are 99 counties in Iowa, and Donald Trump would like to claim that he has support from a religious leader from every one of those counties. In Clayton County, Iowa, we see how thin that claim actually is. The only two members of Trump’s Iowa Faith Leader Coalition who are from Clayton County are a husband and wife pair, Douglas and Julie Wolfe.

Julie Wolfe mostly works as a nurse. Every now and then she makes an appearance to support her husband’s effort to get a Christian marriage counseling business off the ground, but that business seems to be only a side hustle for them both.

Douglas Wolfe is a political consultant currently working as a campaign manager for the congressional campaign of Dave Giles in Arizona.

Wolfe is also the owner of Grumpy Burgers.

Wolfe also works as a home inspector.

Wolfe is also a real estate broker at Rockgate Realty.

Wolfe also occasionally works as a pastor-for-hire, charging money for marital counseling services at Marriage Minded Ministries at His Harbor. It is on the basis of this occasional work that the Trump for President lists Wolfe as a “faith leader” in the Iowa Faith Leader Coalition.

How much counseling has Douglas Wolfe actually done through His Harbor? The “Testimonials” section of the His Harbor web site has been empty for a very long time, with nothing but a placeholder “coming soon” message.

Although Douglas Wolfe is originally from Council Bluffs, Iowa, and one of his businesses claims an address in Elkader, Iowa, Wolfe also claims to live in Apache Junction, Arizona. How many homes does Douglas Wolfe own? Where does he actually live?

Douglas Wolfe has spread false information in an attempt to undermine President Biden. Wolfe wrote:

“For those who voted for the moron sitting in the white house and believe his tax plan doesn’t affect those who make less than 400K, look at page 2385 of his tax plan. He proposes a 3% annual tax on ALL residential and commercial real estate, based on value.”

However, Politifact reported that this claim about page 2385 is completely incorrect.

“PolitiFact spoke to three tax experts who have reviewed both the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the Build Back Better Act. They were unanimous: Biden’s infrastructure agenda doesn’t contain a 3% property tax, or any federal property tax at all. 

"This claim is not true," said Garrett Watson, a senior tax policy analyst at the Tax Foundation. 

The image cites "page 2,385" of the infrastructure bill as evidence for its claims. However, page 2,385 of that bill would provide state funds to establish a ferry service for rural communities, not levy a property tax.” 

The facts about page 2,385 of Biden’s economic legislation are easy to see. Douglas Wolfe told a blatant lie. Yet, Wolfe has never admitted this lie, much less apologized for spreading false political propaganda.

Two years after Senator John McCain died, Douglas Wolfe spread a lie that McCain had been a ringleader in a secret prostitution ring in Washington D.C., writing that “Looks like John McCain was also involved with Biden's money laundering, human trafficking and prostitution. The establishments is going down one by one.” Douglas Wolfe was never able to produce any evidence for this supposed criminal conspiracy.

Why has Douglas Wolfe been so busy spreading false information about President Joe Biden?

How does repeatedly telling lies like this fit with his supposed position as a “faith leader”?

If Julie and Douglas Wolfe can claim to be “faith leaders” on the thin basis of occasionally offering paid marriage counseling services, who would not count as a faith leader?

Why is there no one else in all of Clayton County who is willing to join Donald Trump’s Iowa Faith Leader Coalition?

Much of the Iowa Faith Leader Coalition appears to be a façade, a false appearance of a robust religious network that doesn’t exist outside of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign.