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Republican Caucus night is Feb. 2
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Jan. 20, 2026 8:19 am
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Republican Caucus night is Monday, Feb. 2, doors open at 6 p.m. Registration closes at 7PM. It is important to participate to select representatives to the County, District, and State Republican Conventions. We begin to construct the GOP Platform at the caucus, and delegates chosen for the State Convention could very well have a say in the GOP candidate for Governor, depending on results of the June 2, 2026 primary elections. Find your Republican Caucus location at this website: https://www.iowagop.org/2026_iowa_caucus_to_convention
President Donald Trump is delivering on campaign promises: securing borders & mass illegal alien deportations; fighting narco-terrorists whose drugs kill over 100,000 annually; bring business back into the country; promote world peace & security by ending, at last count, 8 different violent armed conflicts; identify waste, fraud, & abuse with DOGE. His appointees are reforming federal justice, investigative, and intelligence agencies, holding those accountable in court that misused, abused, or ignored the persecution of conservatives, Christians, and spied on sitting members of Congress.
In 2025 every Democrat voted to give illegals Medicaid; voted to tax tips and overtime; voted do away with tax cuts that would have expired had the One Big Beautiful Bill not passed; and voted to protect criminal aliens & keep them in the US. They consistently vote the wrong way on 80-20 issues, including trying to keep biological males in women’s sports, bathrooms, and locker rooms.
The liberal/progressive Democrat publicity arm — AKA the mainstream media — either lied about, covered up, minimized, or just ignored important stories about Biden’s health; Hunter’s laptop; persecution from COVID AND the vaccine choices; Epstein; Jan. 6; Obama & Clinton conspiracies; voter fraud; Russia collusion; and lots more. Mainstream media destroyed their own credibility. Small wonder independent journalists & YouTubers that actually seek truth are more trusted today.
Apparently the vast majority of ‘conspiracy theories’ have actual substance to them. Hopefully they won’t be dismissed by activist judges and the Biden-era Un-Justice Department so those responsible can face accountability in a courtroom where evidence can be entered into the public record. That’s the way the court system should work for We The People.
Democrats, and their associated progressive socialists, oppose President Donald Trump for who he is, never giving credit for doing things benefiting all Americans & the country at large. You’ll get no argument from me that he’s flawed man — we all are. He’s a disrupter making changes necessary to correct problems both sides have let simmer far too long. In my opinion, his true desires are to put America and Americans first — both at home & abroad.
President Donald Trump isn’t on the ballot in 2026, but it’s obvious to me that when his policies win out, We The People also win. Just as obvious, if Democrat progressive socialists win, America will once again be on the road to ruin from within. We showed up for President Donald Trump in 2024, it is imperative that we turn out more this year to keep his policies moving forward.
Jack Seward, Jr., West Chester
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