Matthew A. King’s May 25th letter calling out Sen. Bob Casey for his vote in favor of allowing continued mink farming in the U.S. raises interesting issues.   We have serious problems in our country with rampant inflation, out of control fuel prices, unchecked illegals many smuggling Fentanyl, increased crime, and major international threats based on our weak and impaired U.S. President, and ineffective Vice President.  Yet, the U.S. Senate wastes time on mink farming?

Sen. Casey was challenged for supporting mink farming, which indeed may be cruel, but he needs to be called out for his recent cowardly vote where, despite claiming to be pro-life, he supported abortion up until birth.  

Our country has vapid and dysfunctional leadership in both the executive and legislative branches in D.C. that ignores major problems, focusing instead on issues such as mink farming.   In November, Pennsylvania could become a national laughingstock by compounding D.C.’s ineptitude if we elect John Fetterman, whose main focus is on legalizing marijuana, and Summer Lee, a Bernie Sanders’ socialist, to D.C.  We are stuck with Biden and Casey until 2024 when both need to be replaced, but we desperately need more problem solvers in D.C. now and certainly not more problem creators like Fetterman and Lee.

Joseph P. Fey

Murrysville