Roskam urges Trump to stop communicating with racists, xenophobes and bullies

Addressing several suburban chambers of commerce in Palatine Wednesday, my congressman Peter Roskam urged Trump to "put down his Twitter account". His real message to Trump was to stop communicating with the racists, xenophobes and bullies who gave him a narrow electoral victory last November. He's concerned Trump's daily dose of red meat fear and loathing against anti fascists, the press, even his own Republican leaders like Mitch McConnell and Jeff Flake, are causing his "struggling" with his legislative agenda. 

When Roskam says "We’ve got a health care system that really needs a lot of attention", he's referring to Trump's goal of stripping health care from 22 million over the next decade, allowing over 200,000 unnecessary deaths.  

When he says we have "a tax code that's desperately broken" he's definitely not promoting the rich pay their fair share. Tax reform is simply, 'wink, wink', tax cuts for the already rich.   

Though he's fluent in English, Roskam should only speak publicly with an interpreter so those outside his shrinking base of ultra conservatives will known exactly what he means. 

Walt Zlotow

Glen Ellyn