A letter to my congressman

I just submitted a letter to Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick via his website. The original text is below, but I had to edit it down to just the first two paragraphs because of character limits built into the web form.

Dear Congressman Fitzpatrick. You often speak of how you are one of the most bipartisan — if not the most bipartisan — member of Congress, and this is often backed up by independent agencies dedicated to this kind of assessment.

It is for this reason that I, as a constituent of yours, strongly encourage you not to vote for Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) as Speaker of the House when the vote comes up.

Rep. Jordan has sponsored no meaningful legislation in his entire tenure in the government, defied subpoenas that were issued in pursuit of justice during the investigation into the riots of January 6, 2021, and in his tenure as chair of the House Juduciary Committee, has turned it into a vehicle for partisanship, grandstanding, and weaponization of the government. It is my hope that the good people of his district recognize the fact that he is a national embarrassment and vote him out.

This is not a man who deserves the promotion he seeks. I therefore implore you to reject his candidacy for Speaker of the House.

Sincerely,

Jim Phynn

I could have easily written more, since I said nothing about how Jim Jordan credibly enabled pedophilia while a wrestling coach at Ohio State.

The simple truth is that I have often said that I haven’t been able to vote republican in good conscience since 2004. If Jim Jordan is elected speaker, the GOP will have crossed the line from unconscionable to irredeemable.