When I filed for office, the first response from my opponent was to publicly announce my "𝗔" 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲 and her "𝗙" 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲 on the Freedom Index. I encourage you to read what she wrote (𝘀𝗲𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗼𝘄). First, she wants you to know that getting an "A" grade is actually a bad thing because it means you have to vote against a lot of bills that are popular in Juneau. Then, 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗳𝗳 𝗱𝗼𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗳 "𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴" 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗺 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗲𝘅 𝗮𝗴𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗮 𝗯𝗮𝗱 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲. You are not supposed to think very deeply about how she is both proud of not getting an "A" Grade, based on her voting record, and also simultaneously upset that her same voting record earned her a less than stellar grade (because it's "rigged"). 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗝𝘂𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗳𝗳 𝘀𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝘄𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗹𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗮 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘂𝘀 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗱𝗺𝗶𝘁. When a national organization that grades legislators all across the country says your voting record is terrible, I guess you have a few different options. You can 𝗮𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝘇𝗲. You can 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗻 why you voted the way you did. Or, you can say that it's a scam and it's 𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗻𝘁'𝘀 𝗳𝗮𝘂𝗹𝘁. Jubilee chose option #3, and chose to do it very publicly, 𝗼𝗻 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗯𝗼𝗼𝗸. The Freedom Index is an open book. Every legislator gets graded exactly the same based on their voting record that year. They've been grading legislators for more than fifty years. And I have no influence over who gets what grade. This year, 𝗝𝘂𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗲𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗠𝗮𝘁-𝗦𝘂 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗮𝗻 "𝗙" 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲. - When Democrats chose to take Canada's side against American foreign policy, 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗱𝗮. It goes without saying that "Canada First" is not a constitutional approach to foreign policy. - When Anchorage Democrats tired of trying to ban plastic straws and grocery bags, she joined them in passing a 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘄𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗯𝗮𝗻 on Styrofoam food boxes. - When Democrats wanted to 𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 increase the tax burden on online businesses she joined them in 𝘃𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 to move the bill forward, despite opposition from most Republicans. - When the pharmacy lobby wanted to increase their bottom line (and with it 𝗔𝗹𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗮'𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲), she voted with them to pass HB195. All three bills were passed by Democrats. All three were vetoed by the governor. It can feel great to vote with the herd in Juneau, but voting with Juneau often means voting against Wasilla. 𝗚𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻 "𝗔" 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲 (𝟭𝟬𝟬%) 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗺 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗲𝘅 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁. It simply reflects voting in line with constitutional principles, which every legislator should be doing anyway. Ohio has 15 legislators who received an "A" Grade (100%) this year. 𝗪𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗱𝗼 𝗮 𝗹𝗼𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗪𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗮. Sources: (1) David Eastman's voting record ("A" Grade) freedomindex.us/legislator/2… (2) Jubilee Underwood's voting record ("F" Grade) freedomindex.us/legislator/1… (3) Jubilee's Facebook post announcing her "F" Grade and David's "A" Grade. (See Jubilee and her staff accusing David of "rigging" the Freedom Index against her in the comments section). facebook.com/jubileeforstate… (4) Jubilee Underwood's staff list for this year's legislative session in Juneau. davideastman.org/.../AKLEG-L…... (5) Jubilee voting for Canada. davideastman.org/democrats-t… (6) Jubilee joining Anchorage Democrats in voting to ban Styrofoam. akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/… (7) Governor Dunleavy's veto of the Styrofoam ban. akleg.gov/basis/Journal/Page… ( 8 ) Jubilee joining Democrats in voting to advance the Internet tax bill. akleg.gov/basis/Journal/Page… (9) Governor Dunleavy explaining that he vetoed the Internet tax bill because it is unconstitutional. akleg.gov/basis/Journal/Page… (10) Jubilee joining the Pharmacy Lobby in voting to pass HB195. akleg.gov/basis/Journal/Sear… (11) Alaska Watchman article: "911 call to Gov. Dunleavy: Don’t let pharmacy abortion bill slide into law" alaskawatchman.com/.../911-c… (12) Alaska Watchman article: "OPINION: Dunleavy must veto bill that expands abortion infrastructure" alaskawatchman.com/.../opini… (13) Governor Dunleavy's veto of HB195. akleg.gov/basis/Journal/Page… (14) 15 legislators in Ohio received an "A" grade on the Freedom Index this year. We could learn from their example. freedomindex.us/.../357/part…