Friday, July 9, 2021

Dear New York Times, Can we put this GOP nonsense in perspective? Best, Retiring Guy

 

Election results found at Ballotpedia

New York Times, 7/8/2021
Six months after the Capitol attack and 53 miles southeast of Grand Rapids, on John Parish’s farm in the hamlet of Vermontville, Mr. Meijer’s problems sat on folding chairs on the Fourth of July. They ate hot dogs, listened to bellicose speakers and espoused their own beliefs that reflected how, even at age 33, Mr. Meijer may represent the Republican Party’s past more than its future. 
The stars of the “Festival of Truth” on Sunday were adding their screaming voices onto the pile, and the 100 or so West Michiganders in the audience were enthusiastically soaking it up. Many of them inhabited an alternative reality in which Mr. Trump was re-elected, their votes were stolen, the deadly Jan. 6 mob was peaceful, coronavirus vaccines were dangerous and conservatives were oppressed.  [emphasis added]

Most of Kent County is included in Michigan's 3rd congressional district.  (And yes, what was done here to create this district is called gerrymandering.)

Source:  Wikipedia



Related post:
GET ME REWRITE: Kent and Oakland counties doomed Trump's re-election chances in Michigan.  (12/2/2020)


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