Why are you libs upset by this appointment? The liberals who control and have controlled the public education system for decades brought this on. Until very recently, no large constituency had any power, or was actually talking about using tax dollars to send public school students to private schools, with the minor exception of some very religious parents who didn't have any real chance. So why now, covid happened and parents were actually able to see what the teachers and their unions were really teaching and not teaching their children. Parents also hear on the news about the sexualization of young children, CRT, children being bullied with little protection, etc. So now, whether or not these things are actually being taught in your school or any school in Iowa for that matter, the left decided to defend these practices and rationalize them rather than unequivocally deny the allegations and side with the parents.
So now this what he left gets in exchange for those actions.