1. United States
2. Texas
3. Letter

Our federal representatives have abandoned their duty to constituents and taxpayers. They’ve voted the president’s priorities while the people they were elected to serve go without healthcare and watch household costs keep climbing. Governor, I’m writing because we’ve run out of patience, and someone has to lead. This week the Justice Department announced a $1.776 billion “Anti-Weaponization Fund” (PBS News, May 21). President Trump sued the IRS, the agency he runs, for $10 billion, then dropped the suit in exchange for the fund. His former personal defense lawyer, Acting AG Todd Blanche, runs it. Trump can fire the commission. Under Senate testimony, Blanche refused to rule out compensating people convicted of assaulting police on January 6. The fund expires right before Trump leaves office. A sitting president sued his own government and then paid himself with our taxes. That is the deal, and it is absurd. Meanwhile, 25 million Americans have no health insurance and 100 million carry medical debt (KFF). U.S. infrastructure has a $9.1 trillion funding gap by 2033 (ASCE). Republican Liz Cheney calls what’s happening “sleepwalking into dictatorship.” Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin called this fund “pure fraud and highway robbery.” I’m asking you to do what Congress will not. Publicly condemn the fund. Direct your Attorney General to evaluate joining a legal challenge. And refuse to let our state’s resources or cooperation support payments to people convicted of attacking law enforcement. Governors are the line that’s left. Please have the courage to draw it.