5 April
2017
Rep. Dana
Rohrabacher,
101 Main
Street #380
Huntington
Beach, CA 92648
Dear
Congressman,
Re: Your
meeting with the president
You’ll be
surprised not to have heard from me for the past few days. I have been away in
Iowa, visiting my son.
Now that
I’m back, I read yesterday about your 45-minute face-to-face with the president
(sorry, still can’t capitalize that title.) In the context of which, I did a
bit of googling and was surprised—should I say “surprised”?—to learn that
Politico had recently dubbed you “Putin’s favorite congressman.” Shame on me
for not being better informed, but I had no idea that you had such a cosy view
of the Russian president. The Politico piece ran through a list of subjects on
which your views seem aligned; and described your visit to Moscow and your
efforts to “avoid demonizing Russia.” No wonder, then, that you find common
ground with Donald Trump.
I read,
too, as I worked through several articles, that you have been scoffing at the
notion of a Russia connection between Trump’s campaign and his administration
and that Putin-dominated state. You are surely not in denial of Putin’s
interference in our recent election, with his hand heavily on the scales in
favor of Trump. Are you, a US congressman, willing to turn a blind eye to what
is no more nor less than a hostile attack on our democracy from a foreign
nation? As quoted in the Orange County Register, you call it a “brouhaha over
nothing that the Democrats are trying to distract everyone’s attention with.” A
brouhaha over nothing? Really? Is that any way to describe a virulent attempt
to undermine our democracy? Also, to the point, are you willing to overlook the
well-documented murderous tyranny of Russia’s leader?
It seems
from the OC Register report that you also discussed Trump’s border wall, and
suggested a system of visa sales that might be used to fund its construction.
On my return from Iowa I did note your response to my letter about immigration.
I plan to read it more carefully and perhaps post it on my new blog, “The
Rohrabacher Letters”—a successor to “The Bush Diaries” which I posted over
several years in the 2000s.
Respectfully,
Peter
Clothier, Ph.D.
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