To the editor:
What is the state of our country after two years of "rule" by the Democrat party? I did not watch the State of the Union address because I did not want to hear Biden blaming all our problems on the MAGA Republicans. I have heard snippets on the news.
Let's look at the real state of the union. The southern border remains in crisis. The Mexican cartels are not only sending migrants and fentanyl over our border, but they are encroaching on our border. The migrants claim that they have come here to work and have a better life, but they complain about the accommodations given to them by cities and don't appear to want to work since there are so many job openings nationwide.
Biden brags about the jobs that have been created and the lower unemployment rate. What about the jobs that went overseas when he was vice president? Is he bringing those jobs back? He claims that inflation is decreasing. Why do prices continue to increase at the grocery store? Recently the cost of one pound of baby carrots at Kroger went from 99 cents to $1.29. There are still supply shortages. Have you tried to buy printer ink at Office Depot? I was lucky on two occasions to get the last ink cartridge for my printer.
How many people are being hurt by the continued inflation and supply shortages? Now the green new deal zealots want to ban gas cooking stoves for no reason other than natural gas is a fossil fuel. How many people actually support the green new deal? How many people are being hurt by the green new deal?
What is the state of the Democrat Party? What about Democrats in Congress? Democrats in Congress have created scenes based on the removal of some of their members from key committees. Ilhan Omar was removed from the foreign affairs committee. She has openly disparaged Israel, our closest ally in the middle East. She said that "Some people did something" to describe the deaths of more than 3,000 people at the hands of Muslim terrorists on 9-11. How does that make her qualified to be on the foreign affairs committee? Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez stood at the podium and yelled about Omar's removal and called it racist. Rashida Tlaib shouted and cried and continued to rant and rave when her time was up. Eric Swalwell and Adam Schiff were removed from the Intelligence Committee. Schiff has proven that he is a liar, and Swalwell had an affair with a Chinese spy. This committee deals with sensitive topics, and uncompromised representatives should be members of that committee.
Many people have felt the pain of the Biden administration, yet when you hear Democrats speak, they all tow the party line. They brag about the enormous spending bills, full of pork, that were passed the last two years under Biden and the Democrat congress. Can our country last two more years under the Biden-Harris administration?
Michalene King
Wintersville