Letter: Republicans fail to participate in local issues
On Saturday, October 24th, a rally was held on the Jasper Square that some would have you believe was simply a pro-life rally. And while much time was spent on the topic, rest assured, it was simply a Republican rally.
Why else would they have only invited their officeholders and only their candidates to speak while being less than 100 feet from the county’s busiest voting location.
I am sure local Republican leadership would also have you believe that this rally was needed because Democrats also recently held a rally on the Square.
That rally would be the “No Mid-States Corridor” rally held at the end of September. That rally invited local candidates from all parties to speak; including Mark Messmer and Shane Lindauer. That rally was not a partisan event. For that rally, Republicans failed to participate.
Evidently, local Republican politicians are struggling to find any local issues they are willing to discuss openly with local residents. So much so, they can think of only one issue they will speak publicly about to rally votes…and having done so, they will go back to not engaging local residents on any other issues.
It is a shame that a National Republican Party attitude has so thoroughly infected our local Republican party that they cannot be bothered to discuss with us the Dubois County issues they can most directly affect. Call it just another #RepublicansFailToParticipate moment.
Joseph Huddleston, Jasper
There is no longer a National Republican Party. It’s the Trump Party. A cult of personality.
If only we still had a legitimate conservative Republican Party again! Reagan is turning over in his grave.
The gop is a big group of weirdos. Most of my neighbors in Jasper are in this group. with their crazy trump signs/flags displayed proudly in their lower middle class lawns. They are ignorant thinking trump is helping them, when in reality he’s hurting them. It’s actually pretty funny. and yet sad. The rich get richer, and the poor get poorer.
My father was the first ever REPUBLICAN elected mayor of Jasper back in the 60’s. At that time, Jasper was mostly democratic. That was back in the day where people cared for others and worked hard for the good of the city of Jasper.
My dad was a Republican all his life. He would be shocked and saddened to see his Republican/trump party today. I am glad he is not here to see what the GOP has become. We are so much better than this!
I am interested to know who wrote this letter to Dubois County Free Press.
Sorry, we failed to include the name of the person who submitted it. It has been added.