- Randy Evans is a retired journalist.
Voters have busy lives — families to care for, jobs demanding their attention, bills to worry about.
So, they can be forgiven if they do not closely track their government leaders’ statements and actions. Sometimes voters may find discrepancies between what politicians say and what they do.
Here is one example:
Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird was in the news last week with a statement about the need for Congress to replenish a federal program, the Victims of Crime Act, that assists these people in a variety of ways.
She was one of 42 state attorneys general, Republicans and Democrats, who wrote to leaders of Congress urging them to provide this important assistance.
“We must protect victims from being victimized twice,” Bird said in a statement. “Victims have already been through enough. With a looming 41% cut in victim services funding, we’re calling on Congress to ensure victims and survivors receive the support they deserve.”
With her statement, Bird opened herself up to criticism that she was talking out of both sides of her mouth when it comes to protecting crime victims from being harmed again.