Letter to the editor: McCormick's silence

On his own website, Sen. Dave McCormick says, “Dave and Dina are proud to support organizations that work with veterans and their families.” Yet he has remained silent on the dismissal of 1,000 Veterans Affairs workers, some of whom work the Veterans Crisis Line. His silence shows me that McCormick doesn’t actually care for our veterans.

On his website, McCormick says he will work to reign in government spending. President Trump has spent $10.7 million on golf trips, $25 million on the Super Bowl and $5 million on the Daytona 500. After only one month in office that is over $40 million taxpayer dollars spent on vacations, yet not a word from McCormick, who claims he has extensive experience eliminating wasteful spending.

McCormick says we need to revamp our education system. He is silent on DOGE cutting $600 million in contracts and grants from the Department of Education. He is committed to voting for Linda McMahon, a woman with no previous experience in education who is currently embroiled in a lawsuit involving sexual abuse of children. Why? His constituents don’t know because McCormick remains silent.

If Trump and his minions are going to take money from schools and research (to fund a giant tax cut for the rich, of course?), perhaps we can use some of that money to have McCormick’s lips surgically removed from Trump’s ring. Maybe then he’d be able to speak up. I bet even United Healthcare would pay for that procedure.

Marley Hignett

Bethel Park