I was listening to a podcast about jury selection for one of Donald Trump’s cases and the prosecutor they were interviewing was explaining how you can always find someone who is unaware of events. The podcasts hosts laughed about how they routinely talk to people unaware of what’s going on in politics. Even the big stuff.
I was flabbergasted. I don’t understand.
I can’t imagine being utterly unaware of things like “Donald Trump is under 90+ indictments.” I mean, I don’t expect everyone to dig into the details. Hell, if I could list 12 of the actual indictments accurately I’d impress myself. I can get the general ideas, but I don’t have the specifics. I don’t want to pretend I am a juror or write a treatise on it. But I think knowing the broad brush strokes will help me make more informed decisions this fall.
For example: Did my congressional representative support the recent immigration legislation which would have helped address the migration crisis along our southern border? Or did my representative listen to Donald Trump who blatantly said he doesn’t want the crisis solved so he can run on it. You know, because thousands of people trying to enter our country every day can wait a year or more. Assuming they can even manage a bill IF he wins.
Did yours? Do you know?
What about whether or not my representative is willing to send aide to Gaza or Ukraine? Whether you think they should or not is not my argument here. But do you know how they voted?
These are questions you should start looking into now. Decide what kind of representation you WANT. Decide what is important and start looking up the twitter (X) account of your representative. Sign up for their email list (yes, they will ask for money but they will also brag about what they think is important – guess what, you don’t have to give them money!).
For me, personally I care about a few things. The very top of my list is “compromise isn’t a four-letter word.” Firstly, if my representative can’t comprise, they don’t understand how collaborative government works. Secondly, it means they apparently can’t count past four.
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