Ed Flaherty of Veterans For Peace addressing about 75 people gathered to protest the military action in Venezuela over the weekend.

Below is a letter to the editors of several local newspapers from Ed Flaherty, calling out Mariannette Miller-Meeks for her failure to respond to a letter sent to her from himself and a group of veterans. 

Miller-Meeks refuses to respond to veterans after repeated attempts

On November 18, six members of Congress, all military veterans, posted a video reminding military service members that they need not and must not follow illegal orders. Days later, President Trump called them traitors, accusing them of seditious behavior and suggested they be arrested.

In the following week, eleven military veterans, all residents in an assisted living facility, signed and sent a letter to Representative Miller-Meeks, asking her if she “supports presidential threats against those who encourage adherence to the law? Do you support the troops’ commitment to defend the Constitution?” It has been over two months, and despite repeated attempts to contact her, no response has been received.

I believe that all eleven of us veterans anticipated little more than a vacuous response from her.

However, we are surprised and disappointed that we apparently did not even deserve the respect of a response.

Ed Flaherty