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Math is bad for CMR

Trump’s (Bannon’s) latest executive order banning immigrants and refugees reveals that they are not only short on vocabulary, but a little short on math as well. For example: number of Americans killed in the U.S. by immigrants or refugees from the targeted countries, 0; number of Americans killed by just three countries not targeted by the ban (Egypt, Saudi Arabia, UAE): 3,000. Oh, and those countries left out of the ban just happen to host Trump hotels and office buildings. Coincidence?

Number of times Cathy McMorris Rodgers has stood up for her Muslim constituents or even pushed back on any Trump craziness: 0. Time for a change. Cathy needs to go.

Time to find someone, Democrat or Republican, with basic math skills. A demonstrated understanding of the contributions legal immigrants and refugees from the Middle East make in our congressional district would be good. Let’s find someone who thinks representing us trumps their advancement in a radicalized GOP.

The crazier the Trump administration acts, the clearer it is that Cathy McMorris Rodgers and her peers in the alt-right are radical enablers. Time for them to go. Let’s get someone who will represent all of us normal, moderate Americans.

Jim Wavada

Spokane

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