And he is not making it easy for me tell him how I feel on several important issues. In fact, I can’t call his office because the phone system is supposedly overwhelmed. However, Senator Jon Tester says several senators are simply not picking up their phones, and I am betting my senator — Mitch McConnell — is one of those senators.
So what is a poor constituent from Kentucky to do? Well, there is email. And I did try this avenue, but wouldn’t you know that Mitch limits how many characters or words you can use in an email. This is the first time that I have really run into this. It is probably common practice nowadays, but this is Mitch McConnell. And I believe he has his set for 300 words.
Anyone else know if this setting is correct for their senators or Congressman?
So this meant that I had to send multiple emails to Mitch. And I did bitch about this in the emails. I said if he would simply pick up his phone, I wouldn’t have to try and fill up his inbox, which he can safely ignore and delete.
So I heard something from Rachel Maddow. You can still FAX someone! I haven’t done this in years. So I found a site online that sends documents five pages in length for FREE. I loaded up my letter to Mitch, pressed a button, and his office now has my multipaged letter.
Here is the text of my FAX:
Senator Mitch McConnell
317 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, DC 205100001
Dear Senator McConnell:
I’m sending you this fax because you do not have the courage to pick up the phone and face one of your constituents regarding your efforts to 1) repeal the ACA and 2) rubber stamp all of Trump’s appointees to positions in the federal government. Also, you limit how many characters an email can be, so I have to send multiple emails to your office to express my opinions on important issues. I know these conditions suit you because it allows you to ignore your constituents.
As for the ACA repeal efforts, which I know you relish, I am one of the half a million citizens in the state of Kentucky who have health insurance because of the ACA. My employer does not provide health insurance, so I was without it until the ACA was enacted. I do have a life threatening medical condition which I have had to be hospitalized twice for. One of those times was without health insurance coverage, and I faced bankruptcy afterwards. However, with health insurance, I knew I would not face that prospect again.
Sadly, you and Trump are hell bent on taking away my health insurance with the repeal of the ACA. No, I do not believe one word you say about “replacing” it. You have consistently lied about what the ACA does, so why should I believe you are interested in replacing it with anything? Also, you have had seven years to come up with an alternative, and you have not done so. Your actions say it all. So I OPPOSE your efforts to repeal the ACA.
With regards to Trump’s appointees, with the exception of maybe the Defense Secretary, I oppose all of them. I especially do not want Betsy DeVos as Secretary of Education. She’s unqualified. And she’s from a family of con artists (Amway). Her primary objective is to destroy public education and turn it into a giveaway to for profit organizations.
And in now way shape or form do I want Gorsuch on the Supreme Court. You stole that seat from Obama. Merrick Garland should be on the Court now.
Well, I think that is all for now. I will be visiting your local office though to express my views in person. I shouldn’t have to make that drive if you had the courage to pick up the phone, but I will do it.
Sincerely,
I’m not sure how effective this will be at getting Mitch’s attention. But I thought I would give it the old college try. I bet FAXes get thrown in the trash, but I had to try to annoy him someone. As my letter states, I am going to try and visit his office tomorrow, if I can. Scheduling and all. But I will pop in from time to time.