Trump’s ‘insiders’ are nothing but sycophants
Montana’s Trump sycophants–Daines, Gianforte, Rosendale, Downing and Arntzen–brag about being among Donald’s insiders. Who better to represent and sponsor their aspirations than the nasty little dictator from the overrated and overpriced golf resorts, casinos and high-rise ghettos forming the banana republic of Trumpsylvania. Magnifying the glamour of Donald’s favor are his daily diatribes that, if collected and published, would produce the longest book ever written, “Trump’s Lies, January 20, 2017, to January 20, 2021,” and the shortest, “The Humor of Donald Trump.”
Add to that, his elite standing among America’s ignorantgentsia — those contrarians and deniers, who, like Donald, depend on mendacity, avarice, pride and braggadocio to peddle their influence — and we see what “his Montanans” stand for: accelerating global warming and pollution, censoring scientific knowledge, promoting secrecy and favoritism, advocating order without law or social justice, increasing corporate tax exemptions, minimizing wages and benefits, underfunding regulatory and land management agencies, privatizing public lands, undermining Social Security, Medicare, and Affordable Care Act, expanding corporate-run health care and insurance, diminishing our postal service, stunting renewable energy development, eroding public education,
increasing voter suppression, and blending church and state.
What a way to build the future for our grandchildren.
John Mugaas
Bozeman
Will Sen. Daines stick to his convictions from 2016?
I am curious, with the passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, whether Sen. Daines will stick to the convictions that he expressed in 2016. I am assuming that he is a man of his word, and
therefore I have taken the liberty to modify his 2016 statement concerning naming new justices to the Supreme Court after voting for a new president has already begun. “The replacement of Justice Scalia (Ginsburg) will have far-reaching impacts on our country for a generation. The American people have already begun voting on who the next president will be and their voice should continue to be reflected in a process that will have lasting implications on our nation. The U.S. Senate should exercise its constitutional powers by not confirming a new Supreme Court Justice until the American people elect a new president and have their voices heard. I will oppose any hearing or votes for President Obama’s (Trump’s) nominee to the Supreme Court.”
So Mr. Daines, are you a man of honesty and conviction who will stay true to his word, or are you a political opportunist?
Steven Holmgren
Bozeman
Bozeman Daily Chronicle Letters to the Editor 9/30/20