A few Tuesdays in the past, a number of dozen folks gathered in entrance of the Historic Courthouse in downtown Monroe to protest the approaching passage of President Donald Trump’s so-called “Large, Stunning Invoice,” calling it out as callous and wasteful.
Indivisible, the political activism group that has staged a number of such occasions in our space, criticized the invoice for reducing help to susceptible residents whereas lining the pockets of the richest Individuals with tax cuts paid for (however not likely) by taking advantages away from the poorest.
They staged it right here in Monroe, proper within the direct line of sight of the places of work of our native congressman, Mike Collins.
– photograph by Contributed Photograph
As has been the case each different time, Collins was not right here. He’s by no means right here. Exterior of the occasional marketing campaign cease throughout election years, Collins primarily doesn’t come to Walton County in any respect.
He hardly must, in any case. Collins is a seasoned politico at this level and is aware of he’s most wanted, for his electoral profit, in areas the place his assist wants shoring up.
In Walton County, the place everybody and their grandmother will vote Republican till Doomsday, there’s no shoring up wanted.
(Significantly, if we would like politicians to concentrate to us, we have to play onerous to get sometimes. In relation to GOP assist, our county is way too simple.)
The protestors put up an enormous banner that learn “Mike Collins Does Not Care.”
And in the event that they imply, does he care concerning the protests of his liberal constituents who he most likely considers traitorous commies, then they’re most likely proper.
However Mike Collins does care, I’m positive.
He simply solely cares about roughly half of his precise constituents. (Three-fourths right here in Walton County, however we’ve established we’re not forcing him to work for something round right here.)
Collins cares about securing the coverage wins for the pink voters in his district. He doubtless consigns the blue voters to the dustbin and by no means thinks twice about looking for any frequent floor with them.
Collins is an indication of our diseased republic, the place polarization turns dissent into silence. We reward the winners, ignore the losers and hope the following election doesn’t flip the tables.
But when it does, effectively, then perhaps Mike’ll care.
Stephen Milligan is the information editor of The Walton Tribune. E mail feedback to stephen.milligan@waltontribune.com.
