GOP legislators are loafing
they quit working for themselves and their parties and work for the country.
Neil Belke
Ripon no solution. It’s time to divide the country politically.
Barry Snider
Milwaukee
The GOP’s anti-maskers
The Republican lawmakers seeking to repeal the statewide mask wearing mandate need to be shamed and exposed for who they are, self-serving grifters who care about nothing but their own careers (“State Senate votes to end mask rule,” Jan. 27).
They argue that in the middle of a pandemic where more than 5,000 people have died in Wisconsin alone, this mandate should be lifted in the name of personal liberty.
Excuse me for getting sick. What about seat belt laws? Smoking in bars and restaurants? Speed limits on roads?
All of these laws exist in the name of public safety.
If the argument is that mask requirements are a mandate as opposed to a law passed, boo hoo.
Waiting for these legislative children to do their jobs in not an option. People are not going to stop dying while they sit on their hands.
Please publish the names and phone numbers of each of these legislators.
Michael Baus
Milwaukee
Wisconsin Republican legislators collected their salaries for months while not showing up for work. At the same time, they railed against people who supposedly wanted a handout while not working.
Now they finally met for a few days and accomplished this:
They blamed Democrats for failing to process unemployment claims, for a failed pandemic plan, for non-existent voting problems and for businesses having to close.
What else did they worry about? Why can’t we have a wolf hunt immediately.
I will never understand why we keep voting these people into office. Meanwhile, I will continue to wait to see if they come up with a plan for anything. But that will have to wait until they meet at some point in the future (while they continue to collect their salaries).
Forget Sensenbrenner
Dick Wilder
It’s disappointing that the Journal Sentinel would devote several columns to a narrow-minded Trump supporter — James Sensenbrenner (“Sensenbrenner talks GOP after Trump, changes in Congress,” Jan. 24).
As a former Republican, I probably voted for Sensenbrenner at one time or another. But in hindsight, I realize he occupied his congressional seat as a fat cat politician who did nothing for the benefit of Wisconsin. During his 42year tenure, his only claim to fame was a failed effort to impeach former President Bill Clinton, and more recently his embarrassing performance in the first impeachment of former President Donald J. Trump.
Sensenbrenner is best forgotten.
Donald Chappie