Letter to the Editor: Disrespect and dishonor

Cathy McMorris Rodgers endorses and supports a person to lead our nation who disrespects and dishonors the very citizens of the nation he wants to lead. Cathy has not unendorsed or unsupported this person, thereby embracing the future he promotes in degrading individuals and showing her lack of character and courage in facing up to it.

Her endorsement means she openly approves this person’s positions; dishonoring and disrespecting Senator John McCain as no war hero because he was captured and spent years in a prison camp in service to our country; dishonoring and disrespecting all Purple Heart recipients, their service and their families by claiming he had always wanted a Purple Heart and conceding how much easier it was to receive the medal as a gift; disrespecting a Gold Star father and mother because they pointed out his lack of sacrifice and service; insulting African-Americans about how they live and what their schools are like; mocking a disabled reporter by mimicking the reporter’s arm movements and voice impediments; proclaiming a U.S. citizen judge would not have the ability to give him a fair trial because he was a “Mexican”; debasing women with all manner of crude remarks. By extension, she devalues and finds unworthy the very same types of good people we have here in Eastern Washington.

Cathy’s approval of this disrespectful and dishonorable behavior does not represent our values and is never appropriate for our representative. She does not deserve your vote.

Myrna Wiltse

Clarkston