Donald Trump’s endorsement of Lt. Gov. Nancy Dahlstrom for the U.S. House prompted me to resurrect Dahlstrom’s statement when she declared for the House, as printed in the ADN: that she has “seen how D.C. politicians betray Alaskans every day. In Congress, I will stop Biden and the extreme liberals ruining our future, bankrupting our families, killing our jobs, harming our military and veterans, and threatening our security.”
Aside from my suspicion that this was written by a semi-literate person, this statement is riddled with falsehoods, such as her claim that “D.C. politicians” daily “betray” us, even though those very same politicians fund 30% of Alaska’s state budget; and the man who is contemptuous of the military and veterans is named Trump, not Joe Biden. I am particularly amused by her claim “I will stop …,” etc. She claims she will have the power to control the behavior of the other 434 members of the House, and as a freshman, no less. I have archived her statement for its comical qualities.
The current Republican majority in the House can’t even govern itself, let alone the nation, and since she has shown her hard-right preferences she would only add to the confusion. Her choice for president is an immoral, dishonest, vicious criminal, and we must remember that that is her preference. She would not be “working with” him, but for him.
There is a strong likelihood that the House will return to Democratic control next year, in whichcase Dahlstrom would be even more marginalized, especially if she agrees with Nick Begich III’s criticism that Don Young was too willing to work with Democrats. It seems very unlikely that she would do so.
On the other hand, Mary Peltola is in a prime position to work for Alaska in a pragmatic, non-ideological way, about real issues that are important to us. Fish are important; ideology should not be.
— Clarence Crawford
Anchorage
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