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I am writing this response to the letter to the editor authored by Sandra Alexander that unfairly criticized Jeanne Ives, the Republican nominee for Congress in Illinois" 6th Congressional District, for complimenting President Trump in early March in connection with his handling of the coronavirus outbreak. The criticism was grossly unfair for three distinct reasons.

The first is that we have now reached a near-crisis state, but the reality of that point in time in early March wasn't nearly as bad as it is today. Secondly, we didn't have any idea of the extent of the contagiousness of that strain of the virus at that time. Thirdly, I invite your audience to look up the timeline of not only the early intervention efforts by President Trump and his key officials, but also the extent of their collective accomplishments, which are too vast for me to recite in this article.

Now let us examine an honest appraisal of the performance of Jeanne's opponent, Congressman Sean Casten, in this near-crisis state arising from the coronavirus. Sean Casten and eight other Congresspersons signed a letter to Speaker Pelosi and other House Leaders pushing for special subsidies and tax deals for the Green Energy Industry. Sean Casten is personally invested in a company entitled Greenleaf Power, LLC, which would have immensely benefitted in those special subsidies and tax deals.

On March 21 Sean Casten praised China for their response to the pandemic. On March 27 he told the media not to cover presidential news conferences, since he states that they are killing people.

Glen K. Solo

Westmont