1. United States
2. Nev.
3. Letter

I’m writing as a deeply disappointed constituent. After so many Nevadans and Americans stood with you in support of a principled stand for working families and fair governance, it is profoundly discouraging to see this moment end with what feels like a retreat. For weeks, many of us believed that Democratic leadership was holding firm—not for political gain, but for the fundamental promise that government should serve people, not special interests. With recent electoral victories, there was a real sense of momentum and moral clarity. Reopening the government without securing concrete commitments on critical issues like subsidies and social protections sends a disheartening message that progress will once again depend on Republican goodwill. With respect, history has shown that such promises rarely materialize. To “trust” that there will be a good-faith vote in the future, when the leverage is gone, feels naïve at best and self-defeating at worst. The American people—especially those who supported you through this—deserved more resolve. I understand the pressures and the human cost of a shutdown. But leadership sometimes requires enduring short-term discomfort to achieve long-term justice and accountability. Many of us were ready to stand with you through that. Please know this letter comes not from anger alone, but from genuine disappointment that a historic opportunity for principled change was surrendered in the hope of future cooperation that experience tells us will not come. I urge you to remember the people who elected you to fight for them, not to compromise away their faith.