Julie Gittings

State College

Month after month, Representative Glenn Thompson’s “newsletter” parrots false and misleading claims propagated by today’s Republican Party. Thompson, who betrayed his oath of office when he voted to overturn Pennsylvania’s results in the 2020 election, now employs a kind of empty, circular reasoning designed to inflame rather than inform his readers.

It’s natural, and expected, for politicians to criticize the opposing party, but Thompson’s assertions fail the honesty test. Thompson claims that “Americans are worse off today than they were four years ago.” To support his claim, he cites results from an unscientific Fox News poll — of its viewership.

Was America really better off under Donald Trump?

Four years ago, the economy was in free-fall due to Trump’s mishandling of Covid. Today, unemployment is at a 50-year low. Four years ago, America’s standing in the world was at a low point; today, the world’s traditional respect for us has been restored. Four years ago, American manufacturing was in a recession; today it’s making a comeback. While Republicans claim that crime has skyrocketed under President Biden, official data show that crime, especially murder, has dropped significantly under Biden’s watch!

Today, Trump stands credibly charged or convicted of sexual assault, business fraud, mishandling of classified documents, election interference in both the Stormy Daniels “Hush Money” case and in Georgia for trying to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

It’s no wonder Thompson encourages Americans to forget, deny or ignore just how dangerous and dysfunctional life was for Americans under Donald Trump!