An open letter to my congresspeople
Blogger's note: This is the letter I sent to my congresspeople—Ashley Hinson, Joni Ernst, and Chuck Grassley—yesterday. I thought I could send it to them all at once using their emails, but I found out that their email addresses are not public. (It is apparently up to each congressperson how they handle communications.) I had to fill out a form on each of their websites to send it to them. Aghast by the news of Alex Pretti's death on Saturday, my wife asked me, "What country do we live in?" My answer was the only one that popped into my mind: "Not the country we grew up in." I wanted to let you know how disgusted and angry I am about the events that have happened in Minneapolis this month. The reckless and aggressive crackdown in Minnesota and the blatant lies about the events and those who have been killed by federal agents are not only disgusting and disgraceful but have degraded trust in the federal government as well as your party's and the administr...
