Heidi Heitkamp: “I am just urging you all not to reduce local staff.”

This deeply cynical view of rural broadband by Gigi Sohn does not inspire confidence.

The races that I`m watching right now in North Dakota are races for the school board. We`ve had a couple of attempts at recall elections, people wanting to ban books, people wanting to bring a whole different dynamic to schools, really…

Given the significant progress that has been made in closing the rural digital divide in recent years and all the important work that remains to fully close the gap, this deeply cynical view of rural broadband by Gigi Sohn does not inspire…

Oh, I think it`s absolutely self-preservation. They see the handwriting on the wall that in the annals of history, this is not going to look well.