Ottumwa
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Oct 14, 2026
CindyHOST
that's pretty funny well i guess it's not if you look like that i don't know it's just it's really sad is what it is it's it's it's there's a part of watching this the first time i saw these pictures in the video even you're just like oh my goodness what has happened to her yeah is that even her and then you go down that rabbit hole and you're just like oh my goodness it's it's just unreal
BenHOST
All right, we're going to go to this is the City Council of Ottumwa, Iowa.
BenHOST
It's going to play this real quick.
BenHOST
Let's expand this.
9 MINS LATER
BenHOST
Yes, reacting to the controversy, the mayor foot told Fox News Digital, this is not a reflection on our community, just the city council.
BenHOST
No, he didn't say that.
BenHOST
As mayor of my hometown in Iowa, I know the people of Ottumwa and the invocation read at the start of today's meeting does not represent the faith or values of family who calls this city home.
BenHOST
After the meeting concluded, Galloway gave additional comments on the matter, repeating past concerns she had about establishing invocations as city council meetings that could lead to more conflicts.
FrankHOST
And, and when you take this and you come all the way out to the, the, uh, the, the current year, I was looking at this other article that came out, uh, uh, this was earlier on in October, but it was a place in...
FrankHOST
Where was this? It's in Iowa, Ottumwa This made the news a couple of weeks ago.
FrankHOST
Ottumwa, Iowa.
FrankHOST
An Iowa man has kicked off controversy over religious freedom in the small town of Ottumwa, Iowa, by opening a city council meeting, this is from 404 Media, opening a city council meeting with a prayer to Satan, which then kicked off a debate about proper time in the meeting agenda to undo the curse.
FrankHOST
It's crazy.
FrankHOST
The prayer is a common one used by the Satanic Temple of Iowa, and then, uh, they say the prayer demanding that individuals be judged for their concrete actions and all that other stuff, and dark lord this and that.
FrankHOST
This bitch over here
speaker_2SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
... move forward.
Dan BeecherHOST
I'm Jesus Christ.
Dan BeecherHOST
The state of Iowa is about to explode because something happened in one of their towns in Ottumwa.
Dan BeecherHOST
Ottumwa? Ottumwa? I don't know how to say this town.
Dan BeecherHOST
I think you did a great job.
Dan BeecherHOST
Yeah.
Frank FeldmanHOST
Yeah.
Frank FeldmanHOST
But we'll
Dan BeecherHOST
suffer through the rabbi if there is one in Ottumwa.
Kevin SwansonHOST
I wanna throw this one on the table because we w- we, we've talked about this issue before, but I [laughs] want to bring it back, Bill.
Kevin SwansonHOST
This from Ottumwa, Iowa, which by the way, I did some research on Ottumwa, Iowa.
Kevin SwansonHOST
Democrat stronghold in Iowa for many years until Trump, so just FYI.
Kevin SwansonHOST
So it's been blue, but somehow Trump has been able to ...
Kevin SwansonHOST
I think pa- part of the reason is that it's, it's, uh, it's, it's more high school educated kinda trade kinda people, uh, live in Ottumwa, Iowa.
Kevin SwansonHOST
But anyway, for, for, for years and years and years, it's been a blue county in the state of Iowa.
Kevin SwansonHOST
All right.
Kevin SwansonHOST
So in Ottumwa, Iowa, where a former city council member, Matt Dalby, okay? This was like, I think last week.
Rosalind MossHOST
It is a reflection.
Rosalind MossHOST
He says, as the mayor of my hometown in Iowa, I know the people of Ottumwa and the invocation read at the start of Tuesday's meeting does not represent the faith or the values of families who call this city home.
Rosalind MossHOST
Too late.
Rosalind MossHOST
Too late, Mayor.
Jeremy HerrellHOST
We're going to be talking about, of course, the reaction to Ilhan yesterday and so much more in this three-hour show.
Jeremy HerrellHOST
And as of right now, unless something changes, because he is in a meeting right now, unless something changes, we do have the mayor of Ottumwa, Iowa, coming on today.
Jeremy HerrellHOST
Now, this is a gentleman we've been wanting to talk to ever since the satanic prayer was read aloud in front of that city hall meeting or that city council meeting, excuse me, last week.
Jeremy HerrellHOST
The mayor, Ben Foote, is right now, as of right now, scheduled to come on today at 1 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.
1 HR 37 MINS LATER
Jeremy HerrellHOST
In about 15 minutes we're supposed to have, I haven't heard back from him yet though, but in about 15 minutes, in about f- 15 minutes, we are gonna have the mayor on, okay? And, uh, as long as he still comes on.
Jeremy HerrellHOST
I haven't heard back from him, but he was in a meet- he was in a couple meetings this morning.
Jeremy HerrellHOST
The mayor from Ottumwa, Iowa, where all that happened.
Jeremy HerrellHOST
All right? Okay.
Dan BallHOST
I don't want people to get Satan in their house.
Dan BallHOST
Ottumwa, Iowa.
Dan BallHOST
O-T-T-U-M-whatever, Ottumwa, Iowa, and Battle Ground, Washington.
Dan BallHOST
That was the two city councils that are allowing people to come in and do a benediction to the Devil in the United States of America.
Kevin SmithGUEST
You know, make sure you fix your microphone.
Jan MarkellHOST
You don't believe me? Well, listen to this incident that happened in the heartland of America just a few days ago.
Jan MarkellHOST
This from Ottumwa, Iowa, which is not quite the occult headquarters like San Francisco or Minneapolis.
Jan MarkellHOST
And once you hear, you will have to ask like I have.
Jan MarkellHOST
Has America gone from one nation under God to hail Satan? My goodness.
Alex NewmanHOST
But, uh, folks, really, really important that we pay attention.
Alex NewmanHOST
Now, we have a, a city in Iowa, the city of Ottumwa, opening their latest city council meeting with a prayer to Satan.
Alex NewmanHOST
Listen to this.
speaker_9SOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It's 5:30.
Mary Lou LakeHOST
One of the things that I saw this last week, I just never cease to be amazed.
Mary Lou LakeHOST
It was a clip that was a... city council meeting at Ottumwa, Iowa.
Mary Lou LakeHOST
And they let a man get up there and do an invocation to Satan.
Mary Lou LakeHOST
And I don't know if the people behind him in that video as he was doing this were his supporters that came.
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