I’m Carolyn Harding and today I would like to share my take, my personal opinion on an Ohioan with an infamous past, my great great uncle, Warren G. Harding.
It’s been just over 100 years since his election and inauguration and I’ve been doing some deep diving, reading books, talking with family, trying to prepare myself to deal with an upcoming event in Marion Ohio, where my extended family will gather together: my elderly parents, my sisters, aunts and uncles, cousins I haven’t seen for years, and some I have never met - most folks with very different politics than my own.
When I saw the line up of speakers for the dedication, I was aghast - I’ve protested most of them, many times!, with signs, fists, petitions, testimonies, rallies, marches, GrassRoot Ohio shows, and at the ballot box!
So what do I do? Do I show up as a family member or do I show up as an activist…..
I’ve decided to show up here as an activist, and show up there as family…. if I can.
For today’s show: Warren G. and Me. I’m going to share an opinion piece I’ve been working on from my lens, my perspective, of my great great uncle, Warren G. Harding. Then I’ll play the testimony I gave in 2018 opposing Ohio SB 250, the precursor of the current anti-protest bills in the Ohio legislature (HB 22, HB 109, and SB 41), bills if passed will felonize our right to peacefully protest, our First Amendment right!
Both the op ed and the Senate Judiciary Committee testimony are fueled by my relationship with Warren G. Harding.
Thanks for joining me today.
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