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Letter from Chip Northrup

There Are Good Republicans

Some of the most courageous and principled people in politics today are Republicans, including Congressman Thomas Massie of Kentucky, former Republican representative Justin Amash of Michigan, and Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky.

They are the kind of libertarian Republicans that balance budgets at the state and local level. They follow both the spirit and the letter of the law and do not indulge in partisan cult-like theatrics. They are, in short, the kinds of Republicans that can still be found at the state and local level, including right here in Cooperstown. They pointedly are not members of the MAGA scam—that promised a balanced budget in four years, promised no more wars and the release of the unredacted Epstein files. Unlike many other Republicans, they were not conned.

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