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Congressman Peter Roskam thinks Sean Casten should renounce Dan Savage because Savage has made harsh remarks about Christianity. Speaker of the House Paul Ryan admires Ayn Rand, a woman who wrote, "So I ask them if they believe in God. And if they say they do - then, I know they don't believe in life." I don't recall Roskam demanding that Ryan denounce the founder of Objectivism.

Roskam's campaign posted a video criticizing Casten for saying the Illinois Sixth Congressional District is "mostly white." The district, however, is about 89 percent White. Isn't that just a statement of fact?

To me, it's more critical that Roskam votes with Donald Trump's agenda 94 percent of the time and tries to conceal his desire to cut Medicare and Social Security by calling these programs "entitlements." Another Roskam term will do far more harm to the residents of the Sixth District than the comments of a Washington state columnist.

William Brinkman

Palatine