1. United States
2. Ohio
3. Letter

I am writing as your constituent to demand that you publicly and unequivocally condemn Donald Trump’s latest statement on Truth Social, where he threatened that “Chicago will find out why the Department of Defense was renamed the Department of War.” This is not rhetoric to be shrugged off. This is the President of the United States declaring war against an American city—against our own people. Such language is dangerous, destabilizing, and fundamentally un-American. You have a responsibility, as my elected representative, to stand up to this authoritarian threat. Silence in the face of such reckless declarations is complicity. I expect you to speak out, to affirm that no President has the right to wage war on American soil against American citizens, and to make clear that such behavior is unacceptable in a democracy. The people of Chicago, and indeed the entire nation, deserve to know that their leaders will defend them from political violence, whether it comes from extremists in the streets or from politicians at the highest levels of government. I urge you to take a stand today. Issue a statement condemning Trump’s threat. Make it clear that you will not tolerate any attempt to turn the machinery of our government against its own people. Your constituents are watching. Your courage is needed now.