{"id":1315859,"date":"2019-10-19T20:23:37","date_gmt":"2019-10-20T02:23:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/?p=989727"},"modified":"2019-10-19T20:23:37","modified_gmt":"2019-10-20T02:23:37","slug":"letter-lets-get-back-an-america-that-values-leadership-and-honesty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/letter-lets-get-back-an-america-that-values-leadership-and-honesty\/","title":{"rendered":"Letter: Let\u2019s get back an America that values leadership and honesty"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/03\/facebook-thumbnail-1200.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>Scott Tipton and I live in two very different Americas. In my America, honesty still matters. In my America, character counts.<\/p>\n<p>In Rep. Scott Tipton\u2019s America, a blind allegiance to Donald Trump is all that remains. When Trump engages foreign governments to tamper with your vote, Tipton approves. When Trump backtracks on promises, Tipton is both a step ahead and a step behind, mopping up. When Trump lines his pockets at your expense, Tipton conveniently looks the other way. Don\u2019t believe me? Call Tipton\u2019s office and ask for evidence that the congressman has done anything to control this president.<\/p>\n<p>If you, like Scott Tipton, are happy with how Donald Trump has made pathological lying, corruption, and incompetence the new presidential norm, by all means reelect him. After all, when it comes to enabling Trump, Tipton is a proven performer.<\/p>\n<p>If, on the other hand, you\u2019d rather go back to an America that values leadership and honesty \u2014 regardless of party \u2014 over abject cowardice, please join me in voting Tipton out of office in the next election. Your America is waiting for you.<\/p>\n<p>Dave Underwood,<br \/>Ridgway<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/opinion\/letter-lets-get-back-an-america-that-values-leadership-and-honesty\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Post Independent<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scott Tipton and I live in two very different Americas. In my America, honesty still matters. In my America, character counts. In Rep. Scott Tipton\u2019s America, a blind allegiance to Donald Trump is all that remains. When Trump engages foreign governments to tamper with your vote, Tipton approves. When Trump backtracks on promises, Tipton is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[160],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1315859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-06 17:37:55","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KSKE Ski Country","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1315859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1315859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1315859\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1315859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1315859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1315859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}