I started to write "the worst thing" but realized there are so many illogical and harmful things going on that it's impossible to pick a winner.
But what's really frustrating for me is that there doesn't seem to be a clear way to counter this crazy campaign. I am definitely not a one issue voter but if there is any decision to be made, a representative who might support us would get my vote. But I DON"T KNOW WHO THAT WOULD BE!
The blitzkrieg assault on public opinion is so deep and so strong right now I don't think there's a single politician who'd publically oppose the half truths, lies, and general madness. The best outcome I've seen so far is them simply not making any comment - which right now is a sad, but real, victory
Personal emails to all my reps resulted in replies; some pretty quick and some which took weeks. ALL of them were variations on "thanks for staying in touch" after a cut and paste of some sort of "
vaping kills" and "we must save the children" boilerplate. I would seriously think that if anyone even read them, it was the most junior aide or unpaid intern.
Add in the fact that two of the replies were word-for-word exactly the same but came from two different House Representatives. We're coming up on an election, which always has politicians going into overdrive in pandering to any warm body they think might vote for them. Still, no one seems to care and that's depressing.
As others have mentioned, I think we'll all still be able to vape but life for us is going to be very different.