Shameful Vote

Dear Friends

I hope to break away from so many political blogs (and so much cable TV!) after January 20th. But for now, I feel so strongly about what is happening that I must speak up again. Below is a letter (without the bolds and italics) I sent to the Press Enterprise. I  imagine many letters being written, and therefore there is a slimmer chance of it being published. So I decided to sent it to you directly.

Congressman Ken Calvert’s decades long journey from a once reasonable Republican to being hinged at the hip of our current president is now complete. He has even betrayed his own words. On November 19th, he said (in a press release on his website) the election is “determined by the certification of results by states and those results are then reflected by the Electoral College vote. I will certainly respect that outcome.”

Calvert now claims his vote was only “lending his voice” to “those deeply concerned by the integrity of the election”. In reality, Calvert’s fear of being “primaried” will also divide our country further, encourage the Trump fringe to continue plotting the violence he denounced just before his vote, and further calcify the steady stream of poison this president has already poured into our national bloodstream.

For many of us, Calvert’s vote not only stains but now defines his legacy. If enough people remember in 2022, this may be his last term.

This Sunday I will be sending a blog with lighter content which I hope will inspire and put a smile on your face. In the meantime, keep praying for our country. And let us not forget the families and friends of the five people who died on Wednesday.

John