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Rep. Katherine Clark
I have recently learned that U.S. Rep. Katherine Clark has refused an invitation from the League of Women Voters to participate in a voter forum with her challenger Caroline Colarusso for the U.S. House of Representatives seat for the Massachusetts Fifth Congressional District. The arrogance of Rep. Clark is palpable and a slap in the face to her constituents.
I have several questions that I would like to ask my representative in Congress, in person, at a voter forum because the answers that I get to questions that I email to Rep. Clark usually feel as though they are written by her staff, not her. They are generally stock “boiler plate” that are remotely related to the question or subject of my email correspondence.
I recently emailed Rep. Clark to ask if she thought that President Biden’s student loan forgiveness executive order was fair and legal? I have yet to receive an answer.
Clark faced Caroline Colarusso in a Zoom League of Women Voters debate two years ago in advance of the 2020 November election. One of the questions that I recall from that debate was, “What’s the greatest threat to the United States.” Clark’s answer was “climate change.” Colarusso stated, “China.” I think that Colarusso had the better answer.
It’s too bad that Clark is either an elitist or coward because she declines to debate her opponent in this year’s November election. She owes her constituents an opportunity to be heard; her opponent is certainly willing.
— Harry Hawkes, Melrose
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