EXAMPLE LETTERS TO EDITOR

Letter 1, Introducing RAGTAG and recruiting new members - 300 words. You can download the letter below.

Since his inauguration, Donald Trump has demonstrated that he has no respect for the Constitution and the Rule of Law. He has issued executive orders that violate the law, ignored or resisted court orders and pushed the limits of executive power. The list of his misdeeds and abuses of power is too long to include in a short letter but is included in the website mentioned below.

What makes this profoundly disturbing situation even worse is that the members of the U.S. Congress, who took an oath to “support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic” are forfeiting their role of being a co-equal branch of government to act as a curb on excesses by Trump and the Executive Branch.

To remedy this, we have formed a non-partisan group of concerned citizens, led by Veterans, that are mobilizing to demand that members of Congress honor their oath to support and defend the Constitution by resisting the abuses of power and illegal activities of the Trump Administration. This effort is being led by Veterans since we swore the same oath to support and defend the Constitution and are thus upset that so many members of Congress are failing to do this. The group’s name is RAGTAG (also an Acronym) and symbolizes that we are a diverse "ragtag" army of Veterans and other concerned citizens fighting the tyranny of wannabe King Donald like the ragtag group of patriots in the Continental Army fought the tyranny of King George. 

If you are interested in joining RAGTAG, go to https://ragtag.live. We want enough voices to tell members of Congress that, in the next election, they will bear the consequences for either their support of Trump or their unwillingness to take action against his abuses.