To the Editor:

I am no Paul Revere, but like him I am providing warning that we are threatened. The real and present danger is disguised as our congressman. It is imperative that our present congressman, Republican Rep. Mark Meadows, be voted out of office. 

This past year he teamed with other congressmen to shut down the federal government. He could not have cared less who got hurt. What was most important to him was making a political statement. His pay never stopped, but thousands were not allowed to go to work as long as the government was shutdown.

Virtually all of the other misguided and self-centered members of Congress who shut the government down came to their senses after they saw the devastating effect of their political grandstanding, but not our congressman. He voted to keep the government shut down. His weapon was fear, and his motive was to injure enough people so that the masses would become afraid enough to adopt his program. 

That makes him more dangerous than a terrorist because a terrorist can hurt or injure a limited number of people. Our congressman is willing to injure the entire nation. He is a danger and must be defeated. This nation depends on it.

Steven E. Philo

Franklin