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An Open Letter

To: Sen. Schumer, Sen. Gillibrand, Rep. Velázquez

From: A verified voter in Brooklyn, NY

July 3

Here is my letter to my Representative: July 2, 2026 Representative, On July 1, Active Duty Air Force Major Jason Watson stood on the steps of the U.S. Capitol and explicitly detailed a list of impeachable offenses committed by the executive branch. Rather than engaging with this profound constitutional indictment, the institutional machinery of Washington predictably arrested him for a municipal obstruction violation. It is a comfortable hypocrisy that allows Congress to hide behind procedural nuisance charges to avoid confronting the reality of executive overreach. You took a foundational oath to defend the Constitution, yet your silence on the specific accusations raised by Major Watson suggests your priorities lie with protecting the institutional status quo rather than upholding the law. Major Watson outlined systemic abuses that strike at the heart of our republic: * The unconstitutional usurpation of congressional authority through unauthorized military action in Venezuela, Cuba, and Iran. * The illegitimate delegation of government authority to unelected private parties. * The illegal detention and removal of residents without due process. * The state-sponsored suppression of First Amendment rights. These are not administrative matters for the Capitol Police; they are high crimes that demand your immediate legislative intervention. By ignoring these charges, you facilitate the enabling machinery that allows the executive branch to bypass our foundational constitutional standards. I am calling on you to abandon the comfort of institutional silence. The leverage lies entirely in the formal docket. Will you formally use your procedural mechanisms to force an investigation and a floor vote on these specific executive abuses, or will you continue to treat these existential threats as mere security inconveniences? The bill is coming due. I expect a direct response regarding how you intend to address these constitutional charges.

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