Letter to the Editor: Corruption Runs Through the GOP

Trump’s chaos is hard to keep up with. But if you zoom out, you see what is constant: his corruption, the corruption of the Republican party that follows him, and the price we pay for it. 

Downing, Daines, Zinke, and Sheehy praise the start of another forever war for foreign oil. We’ve seen this movie. ”Running” Venezuela isn’t America First. It’s Exxon first. 

If they were America First, they would defend Montana ag against crippling tariffs. Instead, they handed out $20 billion to undercut US beef and prop up a South American mini-Trump. 

If he was America First, Downing would have built housing or retirement homes, repaired schools or funded Medicare. He still could. But first, he repays his donors with a new crypto-currency bill that super-charges the Trump family’s favorite tool of corruption: dark money. 

If they were America First, our reps would protect our children. Instead, they keep quiet while our federal government covers up the president’s role in sex crimes against children. To them, everything is for sale: their oaths, our rights, the government of and by the people.

Our representatives do not serve us. They serve only their donors and their tyrant.

Yellowstone County Democrats stand for our constitutional rights and the rule of law. We stand for a fair and affordable economy, and we stand against the corruption of our government.

– Virginia Duke, Chair of the Yellowstone County Democrats