Delta Grassroots Caucus Events

Credit Michael Hibblen/ KUAR News, Arkansas Public Radio; Former President Bill Clinton speaking to the Delta Grassroots Caucus on May 2, 2013, at the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service, Little Rock

U. S. Senator John Boozman, Arkansas, at a Delta Grassroots Caucus meeting at the US Capitol

Brad Cole, Executive Director of the Municipal League of Illinois; previously a senior aide to former Republican US Sen. Mark Kirk of Illinois, earlier Mayor of Carbondale, Illinois, veteran Delta regional advocate, speaking at the Delta regional conference in West Memphis, Arkansas on April 26, 2019.

President Bill Clinton makes a comment to Delta Caucus Director Lee Powell at a meeting in Blytheville, Arkansas (in the northeast Arkansas Delta) on Nov. 2, 2014

The Delta Caucus would like to pay tribute to the late, great U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran of Mississippi, a powerful force in the US Senate for decades and a champion for the Delta. Sen. Cochran passed away on May 30, 2019. He spoke to the Delta Caucus on many occasions over the years (he is pictured above speaking to a Caucus event on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC) and his thoughtful, courteous and bipartisan leadership will be sorely missed.

Marcie Lawson, Executive Director, Sikeston, Missouri Regional Chamber and Area Economic Development Corporation, speaking at the Delta regional conference in West Memphis, Arkansas on April 26, 2019.

Alan Gumbel, Greater Memphis Alliance for a Competitive Workforce, Memphis, Tennessee, speaking at the Delta regional conference in West Memphis, Arkansas on April 26, 2019.

Mayor Shirley Washington of Pine Bluff, AR, speaking to the Delta Caucus at the Arkansas Capitol Rotunda in 2017.

Statements from National Convention Delegates for Trump and Harris, Respectively

Posted on November 04, 2024 at 12:12 PM

STATEMENTS FROM DELEGATES FROM BOTH MAJOR PARTIES

FIRST WE WILL HAVE RHONDA BELFORD’S STATEMENT FOR TRUMP

PLEASE SCROLL DOWN TO FIND THE STATEMENT OF WILSON GOLDEN FOR HARRIS

Statement from Rhonda Belford, Trump Delegate to the Republican National Convention

Thank you to Lee Powell with the Delta Caucus and Brad Cole of the Municipal League of Illinois for the opportunity to speak for a few moments during the Delta Caucus in support of President Donald J. Trump and J. D. Vance.

As I mentioned, President Trump will make life more affordable for everyday Americans and will unleash a new era of safety, prosperity, and success for our workers, our families and our businesses.

It is proven and no secret that President Trump has a record of economic success.

Recently, during the Bloomberg Interview at the Chicago Economic Club President Trump was in his element and spoke passionately about restoring economic growth, prosperity and opportunity for ALL Americans. He outlined his plan that will return American citizens and businesses to the success achieved in the first Trump administration.

Under the Trump Administration we had 4 years of low inflation He outlined his plan to Stop American Jobs from being shipped overseas

President Trump described his simple position on illegal immigration “ I want a lot of people to come into our country, but I want them to come in legally”

Americans know their lives were better off under President Trump When re-elected on November 5th, President Trump WILL turn the page on current economics and make America more affordable, prosperous and great again:

By ending taxes on tips and social security benefits for seniors; He will make America Energy Dominant and lower energy costs by 50% in 1st year; He will make America the BEST place to do business creating jobs in OUR Country! If they don’t make it in America, they will pay a tariff!

As I recalled, I am a product of the Delta coming from a distressed county in Southeastern Illinois ( Hardin County was once known as the Fluorspar Capital of the World). I fully appreciated the reopening of the Steel plant in nearby Granite City, Il and was present for that grand opening that President Trump attended. Fluorspar is used as a flux in steel making. The hope that it gave to us in rural Hardin County, and parts of Western Kentucky to re-ignite the Fluorspar mining industry (as those mines had long been closed due it becoming more expensive to mine and mill in our own country than to ship from China since the 80’s and 90’s).

President Trump’s 9 point plan focuses on Energy (cutting energy prices in half or more within 12 months of taking office; lowering tax cuts; green new deal; crypto; regulation ( he pledged to cut 2 old regulations for every new regulation and actually did better than that); Prioritizing efficiency ( Government Efficiency commission); Domestic production; Affordable housing; and National endeavors.

Simply put: President Trump will lower taxes, energy costs and slash regulation. President Trump’s plan will defeat inflation, bring down prices for working families return the U. S. to a manufacturing superpower and reignite economic growth. President Trump has done it before- and together as we are encouraged to support all those who are in leadership, I thank him for his support of Israel and his excellent choice for Vice President JD Vance.

No one Works Harder with one Goal in Mind- To Make America Great Again-

Thanks again, for the opportunity as we all work together for the Delta Region and all it has to offer!

Rhonda Belford RNC Committeewoman IL. Trump Delegate 2020/ Alt Trump Delegate 2024 Chairman Hardin County Illinois Republican Central Committee RN Ohio River Scenic Byway President Speaking on behalf of President Trump/ JD Vance

STATEMENT OF WILSON GOLDEN FOR KAMALA HARRIS

Delta Caucus Friends:

As a supplement to my presentation to the recent conference of the Mississippi Delta Caucus, I submit the recent statement by Vice President Kamala Harris about her optimism and patriotic view of what America stands for:

United States of America is the greatest idea humanity ever devised: a nation big enough to encompass all our dreams, strong enough to withstand any fracture or fissure between us, and fearless enough to imagine a future of possibilities.

And these excerpts from the recent editorial endorsement by the New York Times:

“The Only Patriotic Choice for President”

Beyond the economy, Ms. Harris promises to continue working to expand access to health care and reduce its cost. She has a long record of fighting to protect women’s health and reproductive freedom. Mr. Trump spent years trying to dismantle the Affordable Care Act and boasts of picking Supreme Court justices who ended the constitutional right to an abortion.

Globally, Ms. Harris would work to maintain and strengthen the alliances with like-minded nations that have long advanced American interests abroad and maintained the nation’s security. Mr. Trump–who has long praised autocrats like Vladimir Putin, Viktor Orban, and Kim Jong-un–has threatened to blow these democratic alliances apart.

Ms. Harris recognizes the need for global solutions to the global problem of climate change and would continue President Biden’s major investments in the industries and technologies necessary to achieve that goal. Mr. Trump rejects the accepted science, and his contempt for low-carbon energy solutions is matched only by his trollish fealty to fossil fuels.

As for immigration, a huge and largely unsolved issue, the former president continues to demonize and dehumanize immigrants, while Ms. Harris at least offers hope for a compromise, long denied by Congress, to secure the borders and return the nation to a sane immigration system.