1. United States
2. Alaska
3. Letter

I am writing as an Alaskan constituent who is deeply concerned about the direction of our country and, specifically, about your willingness to defend the United States Constitution in this moment. We have reached a point where a choice must be made. MAGA or the Constitution. Loyalty to Donald Trump or loyalty to the United States. There cannot be both. I understand why many Americans were initially drawn to the MAGA movement. Frustration with extremism. Disillusionment with both political parties. A desire for border security, accountability, and an end to endless wars. These are not radical positions. Many Democrats wanted the same things. But that is no longer what we are seeing. What began as enforcement focused on violent offenders has escalated into something far more dangerous. Federal agents are now conducting what amount to suspicion based stops of people in public places because of how they look or sound. These actions are being carried out by undertrained ICE agents and are widely documented on video. The Fourth and Fifth Amendments are not optional. They protect United States citizens from unlawful detention and illegal search and seizure. These rights are being violated. This is not hypothetical. In Minnesota, even local police officers were unlawfully detained by federal agents. The police chief publicly confirmed it. This is not law and order. This is the erosion of constitutional rights. I am asking you directly. First, if you know that this administration is violating the Fourth and Fifth Amendments and that US citizens are being detained and asked for “papers,” why are you not publicly saying that this is wrong. No US citizen carries papers. Beating people for resisting unlawful detention is not enforcement. It is abuse of power. Where is your line? Second, many elected officials bristle at the words fascism and Nazism and attempt to deflect to past administrations. That avoidance is unacceptable. Fascism does not begin with mass extermination. It begins with dehumanization. Then collective identity. Then collective punishment. Then the belief that the end always justifies the means. The phrase “one of ours, all of yours” is historically tied to fascist movements. Silence in the face of this language is not neutrality. It is acquiescence. Third, and most importantly, do you prioritize the constitutional rights of United States citizens or the survival of this administration. You cannot claim both. They are in direct conflict. You swore an oath to the Constitution, not to a political movement and not to a man. Alaska deserves representation that understands the gravity of this moment and is willing to act accordingly.