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"Madam:
I have relatives living in Pennsylvania and have been given to understand that you showed up uninvited recently at the funeral for SSgt. Goodrich to proselytize against the war and to campaign for office.
Regardless of our personal beliefs, that is beyond my ability to comprehend.
This Marine died for your freedom and protection, and you appear to be attempting to politicize his funeral. Do you feel that this is appropriate conduct for an elected representative, apparently, one who aspires to higher office?
Could you please explain what purpose this visit, your comments, and distribution of campaign material at the function served?
My family members have asked me as a veteran to put this into perspective for them, and at this point, I can find no decent reply.
I look forward to your explanation.
Very Respectfully-
TR"
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"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat." - President Theodore Roosevelt, 1910
De Oppresso Liber 01/20/2025
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