[My hat is off to the individual who composed the letter.]
Intimidation of legal immigrant citizen voters is not acceptable in a Republic where the rule of law allegedly still exists.
In fact, it's so not acceptable that it's against the law. It's illegal.
I have no problem with informing those who do not have the right to vote that it is a crime for them to vote. If that's all that had happened then I'd be backing this guy up - but that's not what happened.
I do have a problem with people who don't take responsibility for their actions. That's the light I see this guy in.
"Yes, we sent the letter. There was a problem with translation. It's not what I intended and I didn't write it but this is my campaign and I take responsibility for it. Now let me explain what I really wanted the letter to say...."
How hard would that have been?
Instead, we get reflexive evasion.
We've got plenty of people with that talent in congress already. It's good that this one was discovered before he got in. It saves us the trouble of booting him out.
Don't worry. I'm sure he'll have a fine career in the used-car industry.