Tag: conservative

‘Sustainability Should Be Our Short Term Goal, Reciprocity in the Long Term’

Dear Senators Lee and Romney,

I am writing today to urge you in any capacity that you are able to help stem the tide of climate change. Growing up in a conservative household I never understood the resistance to stop climate change efforts – this should not be a partisan issue! Please do all you can to help in society’s efforts to take better care of the earth. Sustainability should be our short term goal, reciprocity in the long term: are there ways that we can live and structure our society that can actually HELP the earth? I believe we can.

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‘The Constitution Demands the Process Be Fulfilled’

Dear Senators Cornyn and Cruz,

In college, a Libertarian friend of mine gave me a pocket copy of the Constitution. I carried it with me in my backpack for the rest of my college days, in my desk drawer as a young professional, and now in my home office. I want to instill in my young son the same value and reverence for the Constitution that I’ve learned. 

Which is why I write you now. You speak often of defending the Constitution and upholding the rule of law. A group I volunteer with, Mormon Women for Ethical Government (MWEG), defends the same principles. It’s a diverse group of women — with many, many lifelong conservative voters — who’ve put aside political or policy differences to unite around our fight against abuses of power and the degradation of our democracy. 

In that light, I join with MWEG in asking that you speak out in support of a full and fair impeachment trial in the Senate, to call sworn witnesses and lay all information bare. 

Whether you personally feel President Trump’s actions in regard to Ukraine warrant removal from office, or whether it’s politically expedient for Democrats or Republicans, or whether it’s judicious in an election year, is irrelevant. The Constitution demands the process be fulfilled. And we constituents demand it. 

Please count my voice among the many, many Texas voters who do not agree with your divisive, partisan language regarding the impeachment process, and who rely on your leadership in Washington to ensure everyone, even the president, is accountable to the law.

Sincerely,
Lauren (Texas)

‘I Have Left the Party Because of the Deep Concern I Have’

Dear Senators Lee and Romney,

I am a voter in Utah who has affiliated with the Republican Party for my entire adult life, but I have left the party because of the deep concern I have regarding the actions of Republican lawmakers and leaders. The current degree of partisanship in Congress is unprecedented in my lifetime, and I am baffled by Republicans’ continued willingness to demonstrate blind party loyalty, especially when that loyalty conflicts with long-held conservative values.

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