To the Editor:
Why won’t Erik Paulsen protect our elections? Erik Paulsen feigned outrage on Twitter the other day after Trump’s Helsinki press conference. He criticized Trump for siding with Putin, tweeting: “It’s clear [the Russians] meddled in our elections.” Since we’re all on the same page here, we should probably do something to make sure meddling in our elections doesn’t happen again, right?
Apparently not, according to Paulsen. He just voted for a spending bill that excluded new funding to protect our 2018 elections. The security of our elections is being threatened. Paulsen admits that, yet he won’t allow funding to secure them? It’s hard to express the disappointment I feel. Election security should be a bipartisan issue, and the fact that my congressman won’t stand up for that proves he’s not the right man for the job.
Josie Dorn, Minnetonka
Minnetonka Sun-Sailor, July 26, 2018