Growing social division and its political symptoms

Our country is more deeply divided than it has ever been. Just within the past weeks, we have seen the murder of nearly a dozen people whose only crime was being born with darker skin than that of the murderer.

State legislatures are imposing laws prohibiting all abortions despite the beliefs and desires of the majority of their constituents.

Conservative legislators are actually banning books and the seditious ideas they supposedly contain.

With midterm elections upon us, our so-called Representative, Ben Cline, is again begging for money and denigrating the people who don’t support him by calling their ideas radical and socialistic. Every month Ben Cline puts out a “newsletter” and every newsletter starts with complaints about President Biden. Instead of working to fix his constituents’ problems, he is taking the Moscow Mitch approach to politics by spending 100% of his efforts obstructing the Democrats. How does this help us pay for food and fuel? How does this help our country?

Why would anyone give Ben Cline money to draw the salary WE are paying so that he can continue to whine and complain?

Tom Conkey
Warren County, Virginia