By COLE REIF
Great Bend Post
As part of a six-day, 27-stop, statewide bus tour, several Kansas Republican Party candidates stopped in Great Bend Thursday evening as election day is a month away.
With a crowd of 40-50 people at Jack Kilby Square in
downtown Great Bend, U.S. Senator Dr. Roger Marshall introduced the Republican
candidates. Marshall wasted little time letting those gathered to know the
candidates’ view on Democratic President Joe Biden and Kansas Governor Laura
Kelly.
"I'm just going to tell you, if you like Joe Biden you better just go ahead and leave because this is not going to be pretty," said Marshall. "We have two more years, whether you like it or not, we're stuck with Joe Biden. Kansas can not have a governor who races to be the first one to rubber stamp his policies."
Kansas Treasurer candidate Steven Johnson, Congressman Tracey Mann, Attorney General
candidate Kris Kobach and Governor candidate Derek Schmidt all spoke in Great
Bend Thursday.
The politicians spoke in favor of locally-controlled education, law enforcement
support, banning transgender athletes in girls’ sports and inflation on
groceries and gasoline.
Schmidt emphasized the bus tour’s headline of “Fire Kelly, Fire Pelosi” in
reference to removing Kelly from office and Speaker of the House of
Representatives Nancy Pelosi.
"The reason this election is so important is not just that we want to win, it's not just that it's an us and them and a competition, it's that the Republican view of the world is what we so desperately need right now," said Schmidt. "Our value, our way of life and our pocketbooks are under attack. The way we make change is to change the folks who are in charge."
Great Bend was one of five stops for the candidates on Thursday. The tour
concludes Monday, Oct. 10 in Wichita.
Listen below to the entire presentation from the GOP candidates in Great Bend.