SUMMIT: Lance misses the mark with ‘professional protesters’ claim

To the editor:, As a constituent in New Jersey’s 7th Congressional district, I was surprised to hear and read Rep. Leonard Lance’s remarks condemning New Jersey citizens., Rep. Lance said without any evidence that the New Jersey voters who attended his town hall meetings protesting his vote to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act and his support of President Trump’s executive order discriminating against religion are paid by a Hillary Clinton Super PAC., Such a dishonest accusation belies the integrity he swore to uphold as an elected representative. Such dishonest behavior on his part misrepresents his constituents., As Abraham Lincoln, the greatest elected official of the Republican Party, said: “You can fool all the people some of the time and you can fool some of the people all of the time, but you can’t fool all the people all of the time.”, Here’s hoping Rep. Lance takes Lincoln to heart and apologizes for taking his constituents for granted., Lisa K. Winkler, Summit