Below is the text of an email I sent this morning to Governor Eric Holcomb in my home state of Indiana:
From the beginning of the virus panic one year ago, I have been incensed by how the phenomenon was handled by government. That the left-wing Marxist media seized upon the coronavirus to further their socialist agenda is not surprising. But never before in human history have the healthy been forced to quarantine themselves, to have to watch their businesses be destroyed; to curtail and isolate themselves from the events and people they cherish; and mandated to wear pathetic facial coverings which have been shown to be minimally effective at best, if not outright deleterious to their health. All of it represents a vast overreach of government authority, and in my opinion is antithetical to the founding principles of this country as set forth in our federal and state Constitutions.
That Indiana’s government under your leadership chose to respond in a manner more in line with that of Democrat-ruined Blue States (which have verifiably suffered much more as a result of their draconian, unconstitutional policies than have more moderate Red States) is a slap in the face to all Conservatives calling Indiana home. While I can understand the impetus for such cautionary measures in the early weeks of the so-called “pandemic”, the time has long since passed for Indiana to take a more common-sense approach, weighing not just the latest ever-shifting “expert assessments” of health risks du jour, but also the profoundly negative economic, psychological, social, cultural, and spiritual ramifications of the continuation of such policies on the people of this state — people you purport to represent.
For me personally, since Indiana’s response to Covid has completely destroyed my small business and forced me to accept unemployment compensation for the first time in my six-plus decades of life, I have had considerable time on my hands to do objective research into what I have dubbed “Ronasteria”, IOW the hysteria prompted by this virus, amplified and exploited by big media and government.
To date, I remain convinced that the cure to Covid pursued by Indiana is far worse than the disease.
And so, Governor, I strongly encourage you to join other conservative governors in such states as Texas, Mississippi, the Dakotas, Florida (even in liberal Connecticut, and elsewhere) and immediately rescind the Covid mandates, return personal choice and responsibility to all Hoosiers with regards how they prefer to manage this phenomenon, and immediately reopen Indiana 100%. You should get on the right side of this issue ASAP, before your liberal-pandering policies ruin your reputation as a good conservative Governor whose first priority is preserving our Constitution and personal liberties. The clock is ticking, sir — do the right thing./div>
Send Gov. Holcomb an email of your own: https://www.in.gov/gov/ask-eric/
