Innis Returns to Sidney

While the House of Representatives were preparing to decide on the impeachment of President Trump, Senate Candidate Matt Innis was making a return visit to Sidney.

Innis stopped in Sidney about a month earlier, announcing his campaign for Sasse's seat in the U.S. Senate. His campaign in November focused on supporting the president and the depth of "the swamp" as deeper than elected officials.

His return comes in the middle of Fox News' Tucker Carlson's visit to Sidney and resulting report on hedge funds' impact on small communities, and the House of Representatives presenting Articles of Impeachment against President Trump.

Innis said Wednesday one of the big problems with elected officials is they don't stay in contact with the electorate.

"People forget to come back. What happens. You forget about the communities," Innis said.

He said an elected official needs to always remember why he is in office.

"I just think when you represent a state, that is your No. 1 job," he said.

He stresses meeting with people, not corporate backers.

"Going around meeting people is the greatest thing," he said.

Sharon Bernie Fehringer were present at the meeting. Sharon Fehringer said the political process has become very complicated.

"With all the legislation, give with one hand and take with the other, how do people figure it out?" she asked.

Those present also talked with Innis about the issue of climate change. Innis said science has never been accurate in climate change. 

"It's just a control tactic," he said. "It's controlling the US."

He said it is foolish to say we're going to destroy something God made.

Discussion also included school shootings and drug use. He said guns have become the "blame tool" for shooting incidents. Innis compared gun incidents to DUI driving. He asked what has changed in the last 20 years. He went on to ask how many people take their own lives when on antidepressants.

Bernie Fehringer said a contributing factor to some of today's social conflicts is the Johnson welfare program when a person couldn't collect welfare if her husband was still in the house and employed. It was also suggested children are taught deserve all of the good in life and none of the bad.

"We're stepping on ourselves by pitting against each other," Sharon Fehringer said.

It was also said the country cannot take care of everyone. The US needs to regulate who is in the country.

According to Dave Phelps, the answer is simple; applying it is the challenge.

"The fix of all this is going to start at home," Phelps said. "It doesn't start at the top."

Innis added Congressman Cory Booker is focused on closing feedlots.

"Right now, we're seeing an attack on the family farm," Innis said.

He referred to his opponent, Ben Sasse, as collecting 96 percent of his support from outside of Nebraska.

"We buy politicians in this state. We can have that," he said.