Several affiliates of the now disgraced cryptocurrency mogul donated the maximum allowable sum to Democratic state Sen. Becca Balint’s successful congressional campaign, while Bankman-Fried and his brother gave directly to the state party.
A gift of generosity was rewarded by the theft of land and seed corn, extermination of many from disease and gun, and near total destruction of many more from forced assimilation.
VTGOP leaders must recognize the largest voting bloc in Vermont is not Republicans or Democrats or Progressives. It is those who consider themselves independents. If VTGOP leaders move to rigid right-wing ideologues for comfort, we lose that bloc.
In the early 1990s I joined the Vermont Republican Party. I did so because the party recognized five core principles: a free market economy; a local and efficient government that