Downtown Warsaw was the second of four stops Saturday for the Indiana GOP “Freedom and Opportunity” bus tour.
Candidates rallied the 60 to 75 people in attendance to not only get out and vote but to also encourage their Republican friends to not be complacent and vote. They took their 22 minutes of combined speech time to briefly hit on fiscal responsibility, electing Donald Trump to the White House again, government overreach, education and transgender people, too.
After a prayer by Frank Rhoades and the Pledge of Allegiance led by Kosciusko County Sheriff Jim Smith, Indiana GOP Chairman Randy Head spoke first.
“There are a lot of counties like Kosciusko County all over Indiana today in that we’re having success problems, meaning Democrats don’t want to run for local office anymore. So congratulations to you for the fantastic job that you’ve done,” Head said. “But that problem brings up an issue for us. A lot of Republicans in those counties say they don’t need to vote, right? ‘There are no Democrats on the ballot locally. We’re a deep red state. Trump’s going to win. Braun’s going to win. Whatever. Someone else will take care of it.’ And that’s where they’re wrong.”…