Credit Akai GreyBull
After President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris were sworn in at the nation s capital a virtual parade was held. Participants from both the Eastern Shoshone and Northern Arapaho tribes were invited to dance for a national audience.
Lynette Greybull is Northern Arapaho and was contacted by the Wyoming Democratic Party to put the group together. Greybull introduced the dancers during the video and was excited to be a part of this historical event. I just think everyone just needs an inspiration of hope and that things will get better and get back on track and be better than we ever were before, Greybull said.
Anti-tax surge comes to Wyoming amid budget crises
Tim Craig, The Washington Post
Jan. 10, 2021
FacebookTwitterEmail 8
1of8Downtown Rock Springs, Wyo., in December 2020.Photo for The Washington Post by Kim RaffShow MoreShow Less
2of8Wyoming Sen. John Kolb, an anti-tax Republican, defeated a Democratic incumbent in the fall.Photo for The Washington Post by Kim RaffShow MoreShow Less
3of8
4of8Liisa Anselmi-Dalton, a Democrat, lost her seat to an anti-tax Republican.Photo for The Washington Post by Kim RaffShow MoreShow Less
5of8Kendra Gibson delivers a meal to a woman in Green River, Wyo., in December 2020.Photo for The Washington Post by Kim RaffShow MoreShow Less
Written by Andrew-Rossi on January 11, 2021
Both Wyoming’s Democratic and Republican Parties released statements on the riots at the U.S. Capitol – and their perspectives couldn’t be more different.
The discourse over last Wednesday’s events – which saw the U.S. Capitol under siege, congresspersons hiding under desks, and five people dead – continues, as both sides of the political spectrum try to grapple with such calamity.
By Sunday, Jan. 10, both the Wyoming Democratic Party and the Wyoming Republican Party had released statements on Wednesday’s chaos in the capitol. The tone and takeaways from each statement are a microcosm of the nation as a whole.
Wyoming Dem. Chairman Blames Trump, Lummis for Capitol Riot
The head of the Wyoming Democratic Party issued a statement on Wednesday blaming Wyoming s newest US Senator and President Donald Trump for the violence in Washington DC that forced members of Congress into hiding and left at least one person dead.
Wyoming Democratic Party Chairperson Joe M. Barbuto called the events the culmination of the Trump presidency.
Barbuto also said Sen. Cynthia Lummis, R-Wyo, who joined a group of Senators who planned to object to the results of the 2020 election, has added fuel to the fire. It s particularly disturbing that Cynthia Lummis s first action as a United States Senator was to join a small group of radical lawmakers in attempting to overthrow the results of a free and fair election, Barbuto wrote. Her embrace of that rhetoric has only escalated the situation. It is a disgrace to a democracy, it is a disgrace to our nation, and it is a disgrace to Wyoming.