Rep. Chris Stewart, my name is Rebecca, and I am writing this letter on behalf of Utah Indivisible in response to your back-to-school drive for refugees. You can expect our donations at your Salt Lake office Friday; we organized a last-minute fundraiser so our members could easily contribute. We care about refugee children. Do you?
You, Rep. Stewart, have publicly supported every iteration of President Trump’s travel ban. In 2015 you voted to extend the already lengthy background check process for refugees fleeing Syria and Iraq.
Given this record, I can’t help but see your back-to-school drive as a political stunt somewhere in the overlap between insecure, hypocritical and manipulative.