The Republican Party’s position is that the government will remain closed until the Democrats agree to fund their dysfunctional government.
Our senators (John Curtis and Mike Lee) gave us RFK Jr. who has set about to ruin the health of Americans. They gave us Pete Hegseth who is all about war, particularly practicing war on our own people. They gave us Russell Vought, author of Project 2025, who is hellbent on destroying the government bureaucracy. They gave us Pam Bondi who is more focused on bringing noncriminals and Trump’s enemies to court. And they gave us many others who are inept and incompetent in their jobs.
Then there is Steven Miller, the unelected and unapproved, behaving like a fascist, who appears to be running the country — and our senators say nothing. The other four, our representatives to the House, have allowed Mike Johnson to close down the people’s House purportedly so they do not have to seat a newly elected Democratic representative, which could possibly open the opportunity for the Epstein files to be released.
You expect the Democrats to vote to continue funding this government and then you might negotiate a little trickle of health care benefits to the people even though Mike Johnson has stated it is a “no go” in the House? What world do all of you representatives from Utah live in?
Janelle Heck, Millcreek
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