The character of the politicians that represent us should be important, so here is a comparison of two current political leaders.
Utah is represented by a man who started out in local government with city council, then mayor, then county commissioner, then a state congressional representative and lieutenant governor, and governor in 2021. Married to the same woman for nearly 30 years with four children and living in the same small town where he was raised and his political career started, he was born into a working-class family, and he is a law-school graduate with an associates degree from Snow College and a bachelor’s degree in political science from Utah State University with top grades and honors.
The United States is represented by a man with no government or related professional experience prior to being elected to the nation’s highest office twice. Married three times, father of five children, with a long history of failed businesses run with no discernible ethics, he was born into a wealthy family and went to several institutions of higher learning, finally graduating from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business with a bachelor’s degree in economics, but not with high grades or honors.
Both belong to the same national political party, but that is where the commonality stops. One clearly has character and his personal and political actions reflect that, while the other one does not. I personally disagree with both of them politically, but I hold respect for one but not the other based on their character, not their political affiliation.
Character is an important leadership quality, but that character is directly influenced by what they believe and how they act. Remember that when you vote this fall.
Daniel Herbert-Voss, White City