Democrats seek solutions. Republicans? Yeesh.
Democrats want to help average Americans in positive ways. We support access to affordable health care, dramatic investments in clean energy to stave off disastrous climate change, protection of social security, and paid family leave, to name just a few items. We support making it easier to vote, not harder. We support women's reproductive rights.
The Republicans, we know, resist all of those initiatives. But what are they advocating instead? We don't have to look any farther than our own Congressional district to find disturbing answers.
CD 4 Republican candidate Jerrod Sessler, endorsed by Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn, keeps thanking one of our Precinct Committee Officers for her contributions--even though she hasn't given him a dime. In March, he sent her a video thank-you in which he mused: 1) "We need a spiritual revival;" and 2) "The Constitution is inadequate for heathens, so we need to have submission to God."
Loren Culp, the CD 4 candidate officially endorsed by Donald Trump, recently earned his way onto Danny Westneat's Seattle Times column by tweeting of a Black man accused of a crime: "Get a rope! Not only for the low life scumbag who did this but for the worthless judges and prosecutors who continually let this happen by turning violent criminals back out only to make new victims.... No rope, firing squad and I'll volunteer for it."
Lest you conclude that incumbent CD 4 Congressional incumbent Dan Newhouse may have a more moderate outlook, please note that the top three issues on his campaign website are: 1) Stopping socialism; 2) Stopping illegal immigration; and 3) Stopping Biden's gun grab. And on March 31, Newhouse sided with Big Pharma by voting against a bipartisan House bill to cap monthly insulin costs at $35.
Looking farther from home, at the Ketanji Brown Jackson confirmation hearings earlier this month, we were treated to:
Sen. Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee coming out against the Griswold v. Connecticut decision, which legalized the use of contraception by married couples.
Sen. John Cornyn of Texas using his time to rail against Obergefell v. Hodges, which legalized same-sex marriage.
Sen. Mike Braun of Indiana questioning the Loving v. Virginia decision, which legalized interracial marriage
Being shocked, appalled, outraged--that's not good enough. We need activism. Here are two things you can do now: