Jane Rinard

State College

Representative “GT” Thompson attacks his constituents while ignoring significant problems facing our country.

In his recent newsletter, Thompson’s only “bad” news was that his office was “defaced” by “an obscene sign” posted on the door. He included a photo of the offending senior citizen. Rather than address the message in the sign, Thompson whined about the protester. Without evidence, he blamed the Centre County Democratic Committee, whose members participate in protests at his office, along with other groups.

In reality, there was a lot of bad news this week: increasing inflation; a disastrous meeting, including a red-carpet rollout, with war criminal Putin; federal takeover of policing in Washington; and efforts to rig elections through gerrymandering.

Thompson’s “bad” news? A piece of paper taped to a door–not “defaced.”

The “obscene sign?” The GOP elephant symbol over the words: “Molesting Adolescent Girls Allowed.”

Here’s what’s obscene: a representative more outraged by a sign than by child abuse; more offended by criticism than by corruption; more eager to smear constituents than serve them. The protest highlighted Thompson’s stonewalling efforts to release documents related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s cabal.

Protests are the only way to get Thompson’s attention. He holds no town halls. He ignores repeated requests for meetings with constituents who disagree with him. Ironically, he preaches that protestors should “act civilly and responsibly… despite any political differences.”

We deserve a representative who doesn’t disparage constituents trying to be heard, while allowing child predators to go unpunished.