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Dear Editor:
Kaitie Rector’s question, “Why is it all of a sudden that Republicans are hiding from their voters?” is a good question. I don’t have the answer, but I can only surmise why.
This current election is very contentious, and here is one reason why: the American people have been drug through the mud by the Washington, D.C. elites ever since the 2016 election when President Trump won and Hillary Clinton did not. Clinton had a meltdown and would not come out to her supporters after the election was called for Trump.
Then the trail of HATE from the Democrats began for four years and beyond. Conspiracies, collusion, lies, and untrue impeachments ran amuck. Some people in the media have said to forget what happened and to move on (from the rigged election).
The psychological state effect from the recent past does not move on. It will be remembered well into the future as the Civil War and the bombing of Pearl Harbor. The Washington, D.C. elites have broken the law many times and receive no punitive punishment. What happens in D.C. does affect the entire nation.
The progressives started forcing upon Americans their heinous ideologies upon our nation. These include the “Green New Deal” (an economic disaster); abortion up to and including the birth of a baby (what do we do with the unwanted baby?); CRT (Critical Race Theory), which is telling one race in our country that they are repressed and the other race are the oppressors; DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion), an area where America was improving until the Obamas arrived and upset the apple cart; SEL (Social Emotional Learning), where I have read that students who take this class are told they are not normal living in a functional family with two parents; and the forced upon Americans transgender agenda, which is destroying our young children and women’s sports.
Republicans support pro-life, a border wall, independence of oil and use of fossil fuels, law and order, commonsense economics and capitalism, fair and non-rigged elections, support of middle-class workers and families, controlled immigrants who apply for citizenship, and excellent education for our children who will be leading our country in the future.
Democrats support inflation, high gas and grocery prices, defunding our police, open borders, welcoming all the illegal aliens who are involved in trafficking of drugs, humans, and crime in our country, the Green New Deal, supporting the transgender agenda where boys in skirts can invade girls and women’s sports and locker rooms and transforming young children, CRT and SEL, socialism and communism.
Let’s imagine a debate speaking to these issues which are very polarized. Would it be civil and controlled? Would the hecklers in the audience be silenced and controlled?
The League of Women Voters do a great job with candidate forums, but in Carmel they did not allow the public to ask the questions, which was disappointing. The questions were pre-set, which controlled the mood and issues of the event.
Hopefully all candidates will give their statements in local periodicals and Vote411 offered by the League.
Mari Briggs
Sheridan