ALBERT LEA — Some good things have come from the one-sided left-wing hearings into the possibility of the impeachment of President Trump. I have attended monthly county Republican BPU meetings over the past several years, and sometimes we were lucky to have six people show up. Thanks largely to unfair attacks from the left on President Trump and our 1st District Congressman Jim Hagedorn, we now attract around 20 people or more at these meetings. The average age of people at these meetings was above 60; now we have people in their 30s, 40s and 50s as regular attendees, and best of all we are seeing more people in the late teens and early 20s. A couple of younger people have put themselves on record as supporting Congressman Hagedorn against left-wing attacks that were half truths and possibly lies. Hagedorn was attacked for not supporting drug price reform by the left.

A quote from the congressman’s response does a good job of explaining what happened. “I have co-sponsored and fully support three House bills to increase competition, reform generic prescription drug system and drive down consumer costs. These bills were passed out of the House Energy and Consumer Commerce Committee unanimously. Speaker Pelosi added a poison pill, an Obamacare bailout, and the measures lost Republican support.”

Congressman Hagedorn has also supported President Trump on the trade pact with Canada and Mexico, which will help farmers in our area to market their crops. Speaker Pelosi has blocked his and other Republican attempts to get it through the house for fear that if it passed, they would lose their ability to attack the president on trade policies that hurt area farmers.