As a Missouri resident, what is the best method of contacting these baffons (and their opponents) to voice my displeasure with this appalling response from state officials?
As much as this feels good to say this there are still Republicans that are ethical, responsible people.. and plenty of Democrats who are not.. so let's refrain from stereotyping.
Agreed, what people fail to grasp when they're frothing at the mouth about how their opponents are evil (which is reflected back at them by people on the other side) is that this state of extreme division is the fuel that perpetuates the problem. Your participation in "putting the other side down" is the very thing that fuels a mutually beneficial relationship that is best characterized as symbiotic not oppositional.
The only out is ending the symbiotic relationship at the place that fuels it and breaking the duopoly. And not giving in to cynicism.