We can do better than Russ Fulcher

The U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate passed a bill Sept. 30 that, at the very last minute, averted a government shutdown. We came within a few hours of having an unpaid military, an empty Disaster Relief Fund and hungry children without food.

Idaho’s two senators, Sen. Mike Crapo and Sen. Jim Risch, and the representative from southern Idaho, Rep. Mike Simpson, voted to keep the government open. Our representative, Rep. Russ Fulcher, voted with the MAGA Republicans against the bill.

Fulcher’s vote continues his pattern of supporting disruption, as he did when joining the attempted insurrection Jan. 6 and later joining legal action that attempt to overturn the presidential election.

We need to do better than Fulcher, who sees breaking the system as a solution. We don't have to destroy the system to fix it. Just vote. It works.

JEAN GERTH

Sandpoint