Newly chartered county Republican party
congratulated across aisle:
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Newly chartered county Republican party
congratulated across aisle:
Congratulations to newly elected officers of the Barron County Republican Party for wresting control from a bunch of ultra-conservative extremists —the ones who put up those insulting billboards south of Rice Lake.
It took State Party intervention and strong words from Republicans Quinn and Armstrong. Good for them!
We Democrats are relieved to see the return of responsible folks to control of the local GOP, the Party of Bush and McConnell, Paul Ryan and Robin Vos. As Romaine Quinn said, “The adults in the room are finally back in charge.”
After all, we Democrats share basic American values with old-school Republicans: families, community, freedom of speech and religion, anti-racism, conservation, safe streets, border control, responsible gun ownership, democracy at home and abroad.
We might differ on how best to express those values, of course. We Democrats think this country would be a fine place indeed if the Republican Party would just move our way a bit on labor unions, climate change, public schools, gun control, Ukraine, racial justice, LGBTQIA+ inclusion and allowing that women are quite capable of making their own moral decisions.
Still the basic values are the same. Negotiation and compromise, while preserving our values, is much easier when we, both parties, show much needed mutual respect. That’s the first step toward getting beyond our political polarization. Let’s look forward to that bright day. Â
Gary Lisi
Rice Lake
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