Sue Gibson, Jefferson City
Dear Editor,
Missouri's Attorney General Eric Schmitt has made a hobby of suing public school districts for requiring masking during the COVID-19 pandemic, damaging them financially. All the while, his own children were securely masked in their private schools.
In his previous job as state senator, Eric made it his mission to allow more than 40,000 acres of Missouri farmland to be sold to China. (He was joined in this effort by current Gov. Mike Parson and current Lt. Gov. Mike Kehoe, as they were all state senators at the same time.) Their enthusiastic votes to allow Smithfield foods to be sold to China enabled the largest takeover of an American company by China in history, giving China control over a significant portion of the U.S. food supply.
Schmitt fought to keep Kevin Strickland -- an innocent man -- in prison. Strickland was serving a life sentence for murders he didn't commit when witnesses came forward to recant their testimony. He was finally exonerated and released in 2021 over Schmitt's objections, after having served 42 years in prison.
Agapé Boarding School is a religious institution in Stockton, Missouri, housing boys caught up in the troubled teen industry. Rife with allegations of physical, emotional and sexual abuse -- as well as human trafficking -- Agapé remains open. Boys are suffering. This says a lot about Missouri's attorney general and his priorities.