People of Kansas, we need to have a heart-to-heart conversation.

I don’t know what you want. This year’s Kansas Speaks opinion survey from the Docking Institute of Public Affairs at Fort Hays State University suggests that you have a lot of straightforward, admirable views on public policy. You want to expand Medicaid, legalize cannabis and keep abortion legal. You like Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly more than Republican President Donald Trump. You worry about the national economy and don’t like the U.S. Congress.

On the other hand, you voted for Trump over Democrat Kamala Harris by a 16-point margin in November. You voted in a Republican supermajority whose leaders have devoted themselves to limiting health insurance for the poor, arresting and prosecuting people who smoke weed, and ultima

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