This column was first published in the Sandusky Register on July 23, 2022.
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In Congress, House representatives face election every two years.
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Some use the fiery rhetoric of division, demonizing anything and everything they can about their perceived enemies and the loyal opposition to keep their names out in front of voters. They use tools such as conservative TV networks and social media platforms to build echo chambers to share their false messages, constantly.
They use fake media sites to complain — falsely — about legitimate media sites being fake.
They avoid hard questions by changing the subject and they avoid any back-and-forth conversation by utilizing one-way communication tools, always on topics used to appeal to anger and resentment to fire up the base.
They change the subject anytime they are asked about anything they don’t want to talk about, anything that is not in their self-interest.
They work to elect others like themselves — people like U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R- Georgia — who is unafraid to whistle out loud, appealing for votes from the open racists among us. Or, a candidate whose best assets listed on his resume are that he grew up listening to a fiery right-wing radio show host and that he painted a “Trump 2020” campaign sign on his lawn.
For U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan, it’s not about subpoenas or being afraid to testify; it’s about guns and assault weapons and demonizing efforts to reduce gun violence.
