In all due respect to Congress, U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono is losing her cool by swearing a lot in view of the camera. She has been recorded as saying “God d—-,” “f—- them,” “bulls—t,” perhaps others. They can all be seen by Googling “Mazie Hirono swear words.”

As our representative in Congress, her swearing is an insult to our culture and social values. I could understand if she were a retired veteran and picked up that kind of speech in her career. And I really don’t think she learned the language from our teachers in our public school system. Anyway, not in my generation.

I have never heard our other representatives, past or present, use such language. We need to elect representatives who best reflect Hawaii and what we stand for.

Russel A. Noguchi

Pearl City

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