A Puzzle for Tim

𝗣𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗯𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗸

Today's letter to my congressman. Thought I'd use USPS, for a change. CC to his Washington office as well.

Representative Tim Walberg
Jackson District Office
401 W. Michigan Ave.
Jackson, MI 49201

Pastor Walberg,

Where does one begin? Dear Leader’s constant distractions, the lies, the cruelty, the disregard for law and the Constitution—any attempt to call out the hypocrisy of supporting this bloated obscenity is lost in the mountains of filth spewing from this vile administration.

So, I’ll be brief and use a simple, recent example where even the dullest of GOP Christians might recognize the evil they’ve embraced.

Painting the wall black

In a recent email, you were so proud of “clawing back” $18 million earmarked for USAID to improve street lighting in Mexico. Fair enough—red meat for the base. However, the regime has approved painting the U.S.- Mexico border wall black, at a cost of anywhere from $500 million to over $3 billion.

It appears you have been silent regarding this project, and perhaps wisely so. This is pure cruelty in its darkest form. It is quite literally designed to cause pain—to burn the hands of those seeking refuge from horrors we cannot imagine.

I was hungry and you gave me food, I was thirsty and you gave me drink, I was a stranger and you welcomed me.
—Matthew 25:35

Truly I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of my brethren, you did it to me.
—Matthew 25:40

Now, it is well known among my friends that I am not a Christian, nor do I accept the divinity of Jesus. Nevertheless, I greatly admire the man’s words—his call to treat others with kindness, to extend forgiveness to enemies, and to show mercy to those in need. That believers should respond to a cruel world with mercy rather than retaliation.

This leads to my puzzlement: how is it that a Pastor—or for that matter, any GOP Christian—can support the current regime? One led by a felon, an adjudicated rapist, a conman, draft dodger, racist, and an accused defiler of children?

Tim, you and I are both old, and soon we’ll pass beyond this vale of tears. The good news is, while there will be no reward, there will be no accountability either—off scot-free, as it were.

Of course, while your beliefs may differ, perhaps you might pray that I am correct.

Kindest regards
Mark Busha

Enclosure: In case I'm mistaken. Don’t leave home without it.