Tiffany Needs to Stay Out of Office

This letter to the editor, by Laurie Harmon, appeared in the Hudson Star Observer on September 25, 2025.

This is a letter to Congressman Tom Tiffany. These are serious, important times. No longer can we stand by and accept the damage you and your fellow Republicans have done to St. Croix County, Wisconsin and America. You simply must not seek re-election.

Your tenure in Congress has created a devastating path of destruction. While the carnage you’ve left in your wake would fill a book, I will attempt to share the highlights here.

You voted against Wisconsin when you voted against the American Rescue Plan (COVID relief). You voted NO to recovery funds for Wisconsin cities, schools, public-health programs and testing/vaccination efforts.

You voted against Wisconsin when you voted against the Inflation Reduction Act (drug-pricing, clean energy investments, climate incentives). You voted NO to lowering prescription drug costs for seniors and to investing in clean energy that would benefit Wisconsin jobs/communities.

You voted against Wisconsin when you voted NO to debt-limit compromise deals, recklessly supporting plans that would impose large domestic spending cuts to reduce Medicaid, SNAP, child care and other services.

You voted against Wisconsin when you voted for Medicare cuts. You voted NO to Medicare protection, causing reduced benefits and increased out-ofpocket costs for recipients.

You voted against Wisconsin when you voted to cut socialsafety-net programs and supported or voted for budget bills that would cut or restructure Medicaid, food assistance, childcare supports and other programs upon which many in St. Croix County and Wisconsin rely.

You voted against Wisconsin, time and again, on climate and environmental issues. Since 2020, you voted NO to protecting Wisconsin’s lakes, forests and outdoor-recreation economy over 85 times. Instead of protecting Wisconsin farmland, you are in the pocket of industrial-scale agriculture and have turned your back on family farms, like the one on which you were raised.

Do you even like us anymore? Have you ever? Your voting records say NO!

You are wrong for the 7th district; you are wrong for Wisconsin; you are wrong for America. Do us all a favor; don’t seek re-election or ANY OTHER elected office ever again!