The other day, I was watching footage of Jan. 6. The crowd was chanting U.S.A., U.S.A., leading one to believe they thought of themselves as patriots. However, what the supposed patriots were doing was violently and destructively trying to bring down our democracy, or government.
Because they could not admit defeat, the Republicans and Donald Trump sought to nullify our votes and proclaim themselves the victors. After the riot, 147 Republicans voted to overturn President Biden’s election. Eight of nine Pennsylvania representatives, John Joyce, Fred Keller, Mike Kelly, Daniel Meuser, Scott Perry, Guy Reschenthaler, Lloyd Smucker and Glenn Thompson, voted for one-party rule, voted for autocracy. They sought to illegitimately overturn our votes.
Even today, 345 Republican candidates, 37 in Pennsylvania alone, are perpetrating the Big Lie. Sixty percent of Americans have an election denier on their ballots. The radical far-right coalition seeks to put election deniers in charge of elections. If deniers succeed in controlling future elections, they will interfere with nonpartisan election administration and put our free, fair and secure elections at risk.
Vote as if our democracy is on the ballot, because it is.
Gloria Gralewski
Manor