Published in the Towns County Herald Feb. 5, 2025
Dear Editor,
Andrew Clyde, U.S. Representative
for Georgia’s 9thCongressional District, continues to use his bully pulpit to
sow fear and division among his constituents in the 9th District. In a recent
op-ed in this newspaper, he focused on the horrific death of Laken Riley of
Athens, Georgia, who was murdered by an illegal alien from Venezuela. He
reports that a bipartisan bill, designed to give ICE more authority to detain
illegal aliens who commit crimes in this country, is in process of passing
Congress. The disturbing part of Clyde’s op-ed is his open attempt to further
divide by placing unjustified blame on one political party. To state that “the
murderer … accepted Joe Biden’s invitation to illegally cross the southern
border” is pure inflammatory rhetoric. Finger-pointing and name-calling does
not solve problems.
Our country is at a crossroads, and
it will demand that our leaders act from positions of truth and integrity.
Illegal immigration must be confronted as well as “kitchen table” issues such
as grocery prices, housing costs, childcare costs, medical expenses, utility
prices, rising insurance rates, women’s healthcare and climate-caused natural
disasters. This is a big agenda that will need bipartisan support and action.
We must demand that our representatives work across the aisle. They are in
Congress to solve problems, which is far more demanding than pointing fingers.
Jennifer Cordier
