7. Democrats’ issues with spending lust continue

• The trillions of dollars of new spending the left-wing Democrat base desires is still running into roadblocks. There appears to be little movement among the more moderate members U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (D-WV) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ).
• Surprisingly, an editorial by a socialist in a West Virginia newspaper is not bringing Manchin back into the Democrat fold. U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) used the Charleston Gazette-Mail to target Manchin in his home state but Manchin wasn’t having any of it. He stated, “Millions of jobs are open, supply chains are strained and unavoidable inflation taxes are draining workers’ hard-earned wages as the price of gasoline and groceries continues to climb. Senator Sanders’ answer is to throw more money on an already overheated economy while 52 other Senators have grave concerns about this approach.”

6. Supply chain issues are actually due to Biden doing a good job

• The United States has been dealing with continued issues of supply chain disruptions, and many have blamed President Joe Biden and his vaccine mandate that requires a majority of the country to get the coronavirus vaccine or lose their jobs. However, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg believes the supply chain issues are due to Biden’s plan actually working.
• Buttigieg appeared on CNN with Jake Tapper where he discussed the supply chain problem that’s impacting the country, and said that the issues will continue “because the president has successfully guided this economy out of the teeth of a terrifying recession.” This has continued the narrative that Biden is not responsible for missteps in his administration.

5. People only react poorly to Fauci because they don’t like the truth

• According to Dr. Anthony Fauci, people don’t actually have a legitimate reason to oppose his advice and statements, and instead, people are spreading “conspiracy theories” while he only reinforces “science, data and hard facts.” Fauci has repeatedly been criticized for flip-flopping on issues, making inaccurate or exaggerated statements, and pushing a narrative that appears politically motivated. Despite this, Fauci said that he tries “very hard…to be guided by the truth. And sometimes the truth becomes inconvenient for some people, so they react against me.”
• Fauci spent the weekend doing TV hits where he warned of a fifth coronavirus surge that he is already blaming on the unvaccinated, said that you can still spend time with your family this holiday season if you are vaccinated, and being mocked for his predictions about a college football-related surge.

4. Redistricting maps will likely be released on October 27

• State Senator Jim McClendon (R-Springville) has discussed the upcoming special session for redistricting, and as the co-chairman of the reapportionment committee, he’s said that the redistricting maps will likely be released publicly on October 27.
• He discussed the voting process and how they’ll decide between four different maps. According to McClendon, the maps that will be released “will be in the public record and available to anyone who wants to take a look at it. And what they will see is the maps that will be introduced in the House and Senate, and those are the maps that will start the process.”

3. Brooks going after Shelby and Britt on funding

• U.S. Representative Mo Brooks (R-Huntsville) has continued to say that the Alabama Farmers Federation (ALFA) and “Big Ag” are in favor of illegal immigration and open borders.
• While attending the Madison County Republican Men’s Club meeting, Brooks said that “Big Ag” benefits the most “from cheap foreign labor.” He went on to say that people should “look and see where these special interest groups go, and you get a pretty good idea where a candidate stands on these particular public policy issues.” Recently, ALFA endorsed U.S. Senate candidate Katie Britt over Brooks, and the allegation that Britt or ALFA are in favor of cheap foreign labor has been disputed by many, including Lieutenant Governor Will Ainsworth.

2. Cases have fallen dramatically

• The surge of coronavirus cases from the Delta variant has ended in Alabama as cases have started to fall to the lower levels seen before the variant, with only 3,946 cases in the last week, ending Sunday.
• Cases have followed a similar trend seen with every surge before and fallen after reaching a peak of nearly 3,000 hospitalizations, but with the Delta variant, there were 942 hospitalizations last Sunday and only 690 as of yesterday. This positive trend signals the end of the Delta variant surge in the state, while other states are still dealing with a surge.

1. Dr. Scott Harris won’t be quick to support a vaccine mandate ban

• State Health Officer Dr. Scott Harris recently appeared on Alabama Public Television’s “Capitol Journal” where he discussed the push for the Alabama Legislature to pass a ban on vaccine mandates, and he’s hesitant to support something of that nature. His reasoning is rather weak, as is his positioning here.
• Harris appeared to be trying to remain neutral but said, “We don’t want to see anything put in place that makes it more difficult for people to get vaccinated,” and went on to say, “[W]e also don’t want to send a message that we need to protect Alabamians from being vaccinated.” No mainstream Alabamians have advocated either of these viewpoints.