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Those who are given the privilege of holding public office at any level of government serve the people who sent them there. They do not work for a political party, corporate entities, special interest groups, donors, elites, foreign interests, authoritarian leaders, ideologies, nor the president.
YOU WORK FOR THE PEOPLE WHO PLACED YOU IN THAT OFFICE.
Those who believed that the power of their office gave them license to use both fear and favor to abuse the best interests of the people of this nation are now on notice. The people are demanding human decency and pushing together for a better America
The call has been sent to build new institutions of government, new systems of service ; along with a common purpose based on human values and principles. A government that truly cares for others and committed to delivering results that make the lives of all of us better.
The people demand that those given positions of leadership and power govern by principles that define the best of humanity. No more name-calling and the demeaning of people; depriving people of the basic necessities of life, denying due process and human decency to many, and insisting some have no voice nor place in our democracy.
Overwhelmingly from small towns to big cities. From states red and blue. People of every age, occupation and background stand shoulder to shoulder against the abuse of power by the executive branch ignoring the “rule of law” and operating far beyond the limits of the constitution.
The results of the 2026 election is a clarion call for a government “OF THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE AND FOR THE PEOPLE.”
People power, not political power, is the mandate going forward!
Hanson, of Elkhorn, is a member of the Walworth County Democratic Party.