Former Sioux Falls mayor Knobe: We must send the Republican sheep who won’t stand up to Trump out to pasture
A couple of observations and an ask: Both candidates for president are running hard.
One candidate continues to attack almost every group and individual. His words and actions are getting more erratic.
The other has been talking ideas, solutions for what needs fixing and how to do it. She has gone into attack mode, pointing out the erratic behavior of her opponent.
Earlier this week, I predicted Harris will win by 9 million votes and get over 300 electoral votes and become president. The polls say in the swing states it’s a tie. I believe the polls are wrong.
In South Dakota, I’m listening. Haven’t heard ONE Republican candidate for the Legislature or a county commission criticize the words and actions of Trump. Not one. Like too many Rs they have lost their way. They are not leaders. They are followers. Sheep, if you will. (Don’t mean to insult the wooly, four-legged kind).
If we elect the same sheep in South Dakota, we are voting against our best interest. If you look closely at the record of the current flock of sheep, you will find a history of disagreeing with voters’ decisions, constant attempts to make it harder for us to initiate and refer laws, and continuing efforts to control our lives. Freedom does NOT live here.
Women are victims. Independents are disenfranchised. LBGT folks are in the political crosshairs. Book banning and other forms of censorship are, too.
You may think none of those issues affect you. They do. And your choices, habits and behaviors may be next.
Here is the ask: Please send the current flock of sheep to the retirement pasture. Let them live out their lives where they can do no more harm. You will live better and sleep better, too.
Rick Knobe is a former mayor of Sioux Falls and a longtime radio talk show host who is now retired but remains active and involved in his community and state as an independent political observer and commentator. His columns appear regularly on The South Dakota Standard.
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