My ltte in the Kansas City Star

[UpInArms]

When Congress passed its new coronavirus relief bill, sending it to President Joe Biden for his signature, it had been debated and amended several times. It passed the House on a near party-line vote of 219-212 — 219 Democratic representatives versus 210 Republican and two Democratic representatives. Not one Republican in the House voted for passage.

In the Senate, it was amended and approved on a party-line vote of 50-49. GOP Sen. Dan Sullivan of Alaska was absent. Not one Republican in the Senate voted for passage.

Some Americans who get their tax refunds via direct deposit are already receiving their stimulus checks. Others will receive their relief by mail or debit cards in the near future.

As everyone spends their stimulus money — whether it is repairing what has broken, replacing what cannot be fixed, assisting their children, paying their debts or donating to those less fortunate — remember this: Not one Republican wanted any of those things for you or your family.

Not one Republican wanted your cities or counties or states to have any assistance to climb out of the hole of isolation, job loss, taxes not paid and lives not lived.

Not one.

- Bridget Gibson, Worth, Missouri


Read more here: https://www.kansascity.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/article250003419.html#storylink=cpy

[MLAA]

1. Excellent editorial and congrats on getting it published!

[CurtEastPoint]

2. Well said and thank you for doing that!

[Sienna86]

3. Wonderful

Great letter.

[Laelth]

4. Well said. k&r n/t

-Laelth

[Karadeniz]

5. I hope everyone reads it... well done!

[lagomorph777]

6. Well done!

[calimary]

7. Oooooooooh that last paragraph!

“Not one Republican wanted your cities or counties or states to have any assistance to climb out of the hole of isolation, job loss, taxes not paid and lives not lived.”

[UpInArms]

14. ...

[barbtries]

8. Well done.

hopefully someone somewhere is getting the message about republicans.

[BobTheSubgenius]

9. Spot on!

Well-written, too. There is certainly good reason to be UpInArms.

[UpInArms]

16. ...

[JohnnyRingo]

10. You'd be surprised how many people don't know this.

Certainly those in republican areas aren't hearing about it, nor are Fox viewers.
You may spur some to do their own research on whether their reps are on their side.

[lastlib]

11. magnificently done!

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(I've been to almost every town around Worth, but never in it. Stanberry, Albany, Bethany, Maryville, even Conception Junction.....)

[UpInArms]

13. I don't live "in Worth"

Cuz there really isn’t a town left there ... am 5 miles from it ...

There are no neighbors like no neighbors ...

[FoxNewsSucks]

20. I go through that area sometimes,

Last year the whole NW Missouri area seemed to have the highest concentration of MF45 signs and flags. Even worse that Kansas, although that's probably only because they have so many abortion signs there isn't as much room for anything else.

That must have been a real eye-opener, finding out how many people around you are MAGAts.

[UpInArms]

21. No surprise for me

I owned and edited the local newspaper for 10 years ...

They voted 80% for tramp in 2016 and again, 80% for tramp in 2020

There are many good peeps out here with me and I know them all ...

I know their family trees, their lives, their hopes and their dreams ...

I also know their lack of education, their small mindedness, their awful preachers and their dreadful belief systems ...

Sigh

[Wild blueberry]

12. Excellent!

Congratulations! and thank you for writing it.

[ShazzieB]

15. Excellent!

Especially the last 2 paragraphs. especially that.

[efhmc]

17. Very succinct and to the point. Congratulations and thank you.

[PoliWrangler]

18. K&R nt

[FoxNewsSucks]

19. That was great.

I'm tempted to print copies and hang them on the bulletin boards in every small-town Caseys.

[UpInArms]

22. Please do!

[dchill]

23. Very well done and targeted with precision!

[Postal Grunt]

24. I caught that in this morning's paper.

An excellent piece of work. I encourage you to get ready for the inevitable backlash from the MAGA crowd.

[UpInArms]

25. Am not too worried

Have been called just about every foul name they know.

One of my favorites was in the middle of a county commissioners meeting ...

A guy comes in and called me a commie pinko tree hugging liberal ...

I just told him that I preferred that to him .. a jackbooted nazi thug ...

It was interesting

[UpInArms]

42. There was an envelope with a Kansas return address in my mailbox today

I guess I am pretty easy to find ...

I was thinking about my approach to opening what could possibly be a hostile response ...

Inside was a card ... the front being a graphic of six different puppies ...

I open it to this

Dear Ms Gibson,

Thank you so much for your letter-to-the-editor of the KC Star! I agree with you completely and your words are very important!

Peace,
xxxxx

Maybe there are people who agree with us more than we think sometimes.

[AllaN01Bear]

26. truth. these said same rs sided with the az attorney general, jerk

to try to reverse the popular vote .

[live love laugh]

27. Wonderfully written. I'd love to plagiarize it for my local paper. nt

[UpInArms]

28. Feel free

With my blessing

[demtenjeep]

29. great response

thank you

[Fla Dem]

30. Bravo! You didn't mention you got STAR billing WTG!!Thank you.

https://www.kansascity.com/opinion/letters-to-the-editor/article250003419.html

[UpInArms]

31. ...

[Leith]

32. That letter should run in every newspaper in the country

as well as a spoken editorial at the end of every news program.

[Duppers]

33. Perfect!!!!

Sharing this. Thank you!

[raccoon]

34. That's great! Thanks for sharing. Nt

[patphil]

35. Suffering from the pandemic was no respector of party lines.

There were probably as many Republicans hit hard by the pandemic as there were Democrats.
Why don't Republican legislators understand this? They're so invested in preventing the Democrats from having any successes that they are willing to punish their own supporters.
I hope the people remember this, along with the planned massive voter suppression, when the next election comes due.

There's a lot of Republican legislators that don't deserve to keep their jobs.

[KT2000]

36. Excellent! n/t

[crickets]

37. Eloquent and spot on. Well done, you! K&R

[ailsagirl]

38. Excellent!! 👍

[burrowowl]

39. Excellent letter to the editor

and I love your response to the guy at the city council meeting!

[mnhtnbb]

40. Congratulations! I lived in St Joseph for 6 years

from 1988-94 so I'm familiar with the political leanings of NW Missouri. It was so red then that I wasn't surprised to see in 2016 that The News Press Gazette was one of only a handful of newspapers in the entire country to endorse Trump.

Great letter!

[LymphocyteLover]

41. Beautiful! Thank you!