(SitNews) Ketchikan, Alaska - District 36 Republican Party in Ketchikan hosted a Trump Rally and Car Parade on Saturday, Oct. 24.  Over 150 folks attended to hear local speakers, get campaign gear and meet up with other local Trumpsters!

Local Pastor John Judson, Gateway Baptist Church, started the program with an invocation.  Ketchikan resident Rodney Dial led the Pledge of Allegiance and Tiffany Cook sang the National Anthem.

U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan called in from Washington D.C. and encouraged the crowd to vote for the entire Republican Ticket from the President, Senator Sullivan, Congressman Young, State Senator Bert Stedman,and District 36 Candidate for State Representative Leslie Becker, to keep the momentum for change going.

Leslie Becker of Ketchikan for D36 State Representative spoke about the need for our legislature to respect the rule of law, be fiscally responsible, protect the PFD and restore reliable ferry services.

Ketchikan resident Rodney Dial said we need to send Leslie Becker to Juneau.  He said the past practice of the legislature has been to push additional costs of an unsustainable state budget to local borough governments.

Dial also encouraged locals to re-elect US Senator Dan Sullivan because he has been a champion for Southeast Alaska issues.  Mayor Dial told the crowd about the efforts Senator Sullivan has made for opening up the Tongass as well as making improvements to the NOAA dock facility and to homeport the Fairweather in Ketchikan.

District 36 Chair Laura Antonsen urged the crowd to vote NO on 2, to keep our elections fair.  In our current system each voter gets 1 vote.  Prop 2 would usher in "ranked choice voting" which would destroy vote integrity.  Antonsen calls Prop 2 a scam that would force voters to rank all candidates on a ballot, regardless of party affiliation, in order of "preference".  If the voter doesn't follow the new "preference" rule, their vote is eliminated.  The first candidate to get 50% wins.  If no candidate gets 50% there is some convoluted "formula" to reassign votes to other lower ranked candidates until the "formula" hits 50%.  What a scam says Antonsen.

Antonsen also gave reasons that she supports President Trump:

• The most pro-Israel President in history
• 3 Nobel Peach Prize nominations for historic Mid-East peace agreements.
• Believes in 2nd Amendment protection of gun rights
• Supports our police and military.
• Significant middle class tax cuts supports the working class and has created jobs for all Americans.
• Promoted energy independence.
• Respects the US Constitution and the Rule of Law.
• Has named hundreds of Judges
• Believes in the American Dream for all Americans.

Approximately 45 vehicles then lined up and took the grand tour of the City of Ketchikan. Antonsen said, "We had a fabulous time!"  

Editor's Note:

This article has been updated by the editor to correctly identify Rodney Dial's participation as a Ketchikan resident. Although Dial serves as the Mayor of the Ketchikan Borough, his participation in this ralley was as a private citizen and he did not represent the Ketchikan Borough. The editor is responsible for the error.

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