Letters: PSU wrestling deserves a Blue-White tribute; Don’t reelect the ‘Pennsylvania Seven’
PSU wrestling deserves a Blue-White tribute
What would be more appropriate than a tribute to the Penn State wrestlers and coaches at Beaver Stadium on Blue-White game day!
Don’t reelect the ‘Pennsylvania Seven’
Eight Republican Congressmen from Pennsylvania participated in the monthslong attempted coup against our democracy, which led to the January 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
Seven of those legislators — John Joyce, Mike Kelly, Daniel Meuser, Scott Perry, Guy Reschenthaler, Lloyd Smucker, and Glenn Thompson — are now running for reelection.
How dare they!
Prior to the Nov. 3 election, poll after poll showed Biden had a double-digit lead. New evidence now also reveals that Trump’s own data expert told him he was going to lose.
Following the election, at least 11 aides and close confidants told Trump there was no fraud and no way to overturn the election. The conservative Supreme Court rejected Trump’s preposterous legal argument. Multiple top officials at the Justice Department, including AG Bill Barr, examined allegations of fraud and determined the claims were untrue.
The attempted coup and January 6 insurrection were based on lies and unsubstantiated charges of election fraud from the Trump administration, and the feckless acquiescence of Republican members of Congress. They fanned the flames of unrest and are responsible for helping to create the divisions now plaguing this country.
Not one of the Pennsylvania Seven has explained or apologized for voting to reject the state-certified election results from Pennsylvania and Arizona, which led to the deadly insurrection. Not one upheld his oath of office.
If your Representative is Joyce, Kelly, Meuser, Perry, Reschenthaler, Smucker, or Thompson don’t send him back to Congress. Send him packing!
Benninghoff ‘hissy fit’ held up process
It’s good news that the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has unanimously rejected challenges to the State House district lines as drawn up by the Legislative Reapportionment Commission (LRC.) Finally, candidates know their districts and can begin circulating their nominating petitions to begin their campaigns.
Approval of the district lines should not have had to go to the courts at all! Remember that Republican legislative leader Kerry Benninghoff was actually on the LRC’s five-member panel, but was outvoted over the exact map just approved.
That should have ended it. But Benninghoff, not willing to accept an honest vote (sound familiar?) had a hissy fit and sued to overturn the map his own commission approved, thus holding up the whole process. Fortunately, the Supreme Court is composed of adults and tossed Benninghoff’s case out.
Kerry Benninghoff has been in the state legislature for 25 years — and he still hasn’t learned what democracy is all about or how to play well with others.
He’s long past his “use by” date.
Votes against veterans
How valuable are the USA veterans to the country? Not so much if you check the voting records of GT Thompson (15th District) and Fred Keller (12th District), our representatives in Congress.
A bipartisan bill has passed the House that would expand health care for veterans who have been exposed to toxins during their service. Some veterans have had cancer, chronic bronchiolitis and emphysema, a result of serving the country in unhealthy environments. Critics of the bill fear that too many veterans would be eligible and it would cost too much. There’s a simple and obvious solution to that “problem.” The real question is why wouldn’t a country use every resource to protect the very soldiers who would fight and die for us? Is the “value” in lives or money? A good question for Thompson and Keller, “Why did you vote against veterans’ health care?”
That’s like ... like ... I can’t even think of a metaphor for the actions of these representatives.