As we wish you a blessed Holiday season with all of the hope and love this season brings, we find ourselves a bit dismayed at how some Republicans are choosing to handle themselves across the country. The Indiana state Senate debacle on redistricting seems to have had the "Mike-Pence" touch all over it, as six Republicans voted against adding two seats to the United States House of Representatives. They refused to answer California's recent success of adding 5 more Democrat house seats to the House.

We remind the Indiana Republican Party that President Trump won in a landslide, including all seven swing states AND the Popular vote. It was a mandate. Indianans wanted the new map, yet their representatives failed them.

We also remind Senate Leader Thune and Speaker Johnson they are beholden to pass the President Trump's agenda and codify his Executive Orders especially on Election Integrity on which they seem to be dragging their feet. *And where do we begin with FIVE "Republican" Michigan Senators who voted yesterday to reverse 634 million in spending cuts the House just passed a few weeks ago!

**We are reminded in Ottawa County that this local Party changed hands a few years ago because of this exact type of behavior from "Republicans" given the above examples. The old Republican Party is not coming back. The citizens will never settle for that again. The sooner these old-time Republicans realize this, the better the Country, our State and County will be.

On that note, we observe our laser-focused goals in the upcoming election year! Trump Republicans will be elected in our state and throughout the national House and Senate as well, because freedom will not be denied in 2026. It is with this very sentiment we wish you a very Merry Christmas because it is the AUTHOR of ALL freedom on Whom we fix our eyes and Whose birth we celebrate at Christmas!