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Letter to the Editor

Hypocrisy – or is it?

According to Webster’s, hypocrisy is defined as behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe.

On April 27 it was revealed that the President of the Wyoming Senate unilaterally removed the chair of the Senate Appropriations Committee. The President reasoned that because this chairman attended a meeting virtually, he didn’t care enough about his leadership role and deserved to lose it.

This move might lead one to infer that the Senate President deeply values perfect legislative attendance, being present and ready to vote on all matters during the legislative session...