We Need to Vote Some Reps Out
The new era of madness started in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 20. It was not a surprise because Trump promised lots of extreme right policies as a candidate. And now he is implementing those promises, no matter how bizarre, such as pardoning those who attacked the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, even killing police officers. Or taking the United States out of the Paris Agreement on climate change and the World Health Organization. We should be worried for our children’s well-being and health.
And how about annoying our traditional allies by proposing to take their territories? How this circus is going to end I don’t know, but I am sure this is a dangerous power game.
The new administration has a white supremacist agenda and is not shy about implementing it. All the achievements of the 1960s and 1970s in civil rights are being dumped at the speed of light with thousands of Trump’s supporters cheering.
One of the most bizarre pieces of legislation crafted by conservatives in Congress, the Laken Riley Act, has just been signed by the new President (see our front page story). It’s a real insult to human dignity.
And not surprisingly, several Democrats supported it, including three San Joaquin Valley representatives: Jim Costa (D–Fresno), Adam Gray (D–Merced) and Josh Harder (D–Tracy). Surprised? No. Disgusted? Yes.
Costa represents one of the poorest districts in the country. What has he done to improve the living conditions of its residents all these years?
We must ask ourselves, how is possible we still have this ineffectual representative in Congress? He is in a safe Democratic district, and the Democratic Party won’t touch him. Yet, we need to do something.
Till next month.
