On opposing Pelosi

I was in Maine several weeks ago when I saw a TV ad for an incumbent Republican congressman which was essentially a duplicate of a French Hill ad that alleges that the challenger is an ally of Nancy Pelosi. This, to me, confirms that Republicans across the nation are running against her rather than their actual opponents. Although I admire Pelosi’s accomplishments, I think that she could have assured the Democrats’ winning of the House by announcing that she would not be a candidate for speaker of the House. This indicates that, like other politicians, her personal ambition supersedes her concern for her party.

French Hill now says that he supports insurance of people with pre-existing conditions after Republican efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act failed. He doesn’t mention that such coverage without the ACA individual mandate will be prohibitively expensive for many Americans. Incidentally, the Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate in Missouri, Josh Hawley, says that he supports forcing insurance companies to provide the above coverage but, as the state’s attorney general, he is part of a lawsuit to declare the ACA, with such protections, unconstitutional.

A recent column in this paper asserted that Donald Trump’s approval rating among blacks has increased, which the writer claimed could make a difference in the 2020 presidential election. Perhaps the Republican efforts for minority voter suppression won’t yield the benefits they anticipated.

On Issue 4: If casinos are so good for a state’s economy, how is it that Arkansans can still say “thank God for Mississippi”?

On Issue 5: Harry Truman said of Republicans: “They favor a minimum wage—the smaller the minimum the better.” ED CHESS Little Rock