TO: Nick Carroll, News Editor, RJ Weeklies

FROM: Lou Arata

DATE: June 17, 2022

RE: Historic Trends

Mayra Flores (R) 34th Congressional District in the Texas Rio Grande Valley, just flipped the second largest Hispanic majority district (84%) in the country. A Republican has not held the seat since 1870.

This victory tells you everything you need to know about the direction the country is taking. The country is rejecting the progressive ideology coming from Washington DC, and cities such as San Francisco, Seattle and Chicago.

The Democrat party is out of touch with what their constituents want and offer no signs of changing direction. According to the latest Reuters – Ipsos poll of June 13 and 14, President Joe Biden’s approval rating has hit an historic all-time low at 39%. The Morning Consult poll published last Wednesday found 58% of Americans disapproving of his job performance.

By overwhelming majorities on key metrics, the Republican message of smaller government, lower taxes and protection of personal freedoms is bringing new vibrancy to the direction this country will be taking after the 2022 elections. Gov. Ned Lamont and the Democrats in the state legislature seem to be tone deaf to this: they want to retain the tax hike on diesel truck fuel here in Connecticut, thereby increasing the cost of everything that is transported here. This feeds the inflationary cycle and is classic poor leadership.

Connecticut cannot continue to keep electing Democrats who follow in lockstep with their Washington counterparts. Democrat policies of defunding police, open borders and ever-growing government with unproductive regulations, mandates and tax and spending increases, in my view, should be rejected and are strongly un-American. Most folks at some point in their lives could use a hand. We need to stop the handouts and go back to offering a hand up. Helping our fellow citizens to help themselves is the American way.

What happened in the Texas Congressional district is what we will be witnessing across the country.

Liberty is worth fighting for and most Americans believe that. Our Founding Documents are the greatest gift of freedom man has offered to humankind. Nowhere else in the world is the promise of opportunity and personal growth through hard work better and nowhere is the trumpet of personal freedom louder.

That is why so many, from all corners of the earth, seek to come and live here.

I will work for you and put you first, not the government. I believe in common sense priorities for safe neighborhoods, supporting law enforcement, helping the needy, and delivering a leaner, more efficient government that stays out of the decisions parents need to be making for their families.