1. United States
2. Tenn.
3. Letter

essed in moral language. efusal to use Tennessee’s rainy day fund to protect families who de Governor Bill Lee and Members of the Tennessee Legislature — your r pend on SNAP benefits is not fiscal conservatism. It’s cowardice dr It exposes what you are at your core: people more committed to cruelty than compassion, more loyal to ideology than humanity. There’s a peculiar kind of smallness in people like you — a hollow empathy frightens you. It requires depth you do not possess. al responsibility” as a shield, not out of conviction, but because pride that confuses punishment with principle. You cling to “person Empathy would force you to see the hungry and the poor as human beings instead of abstractions you can lecture from the safety of privilege. , the different, the powerless. You mistake this resentment for str You have built careers on resentment — resentment of the struggling ength, but it’s really moral weakness. You preach faith and freedom while governing through fear and cruelty. You wear the cross on your lapel while ignoring everything it stands for. You are not fiscal stewards. You are emotional children who mistake dominance for leadership. ore to serve — the ones who can’t afford lobbyists or campaign chec You serve your donors, your party, and your self-image with a devot ks — you offer only neglect and disdain. ion that borders on worship. But when it comes to the people you sw ee’s people were hungry, you hoarded billions and blamed the poor f History will not be kind to you. It will remember that when Tenness or your own lack of decency. You will be remembered not for saving money, but for losing your souls. Sincerely, A Tennessean Who Sees You Clearly