Three times last week, more this week, likely even more next week. Congressman Dave Reichert has at every opportunity voted to set aside the rule of law and vote with conscience.

I speak, of course, of Planned Parenthood funding. Now, this is not about whether you are pro-life or pro-choice. It is about the dogma of potentially shutting the government down for the second time in three years – this time on unproven and uninvestigated allegations.

In response to a letter to Reichert, he stated: “As a former Sheriff, and now as a member of Congress. … Just as I spent my career as a cop upholding the laws of our communities, I have the same responsibility as your representative in Congress, and that is why as more information about the videos and Planned Parenthood’s practices becomes available, I will carefully review the facts to ensure our federal laws have not been violated.”

Well, the investigations have hardly begun, yet Reichert with his law background and legislative responsibility has decided to align himself with the ready-fire-aim mob rule; discarding his own statement to the contrary.

That’s right, these are as yet unproven allegations. Are they pervasive? Well, we know that the Kent clinic in Reichert’s own district does not perform abortions – yet he still votes to eliminate the entirety of federal funding for all PP clinics. So, we should persecute all clinics over the allegations against, at best, a few.

Certainly not the kind of person I would want on a jury.

– James Dillon