Letter to the editor: Republican Party unrecognizable

Republicans refused to convict President Trump for inciting an armed insurrection against the U.S. government. They bought it. Now they own it.

I have observed politics for over 60 years. I no longer know what the Republican Party stands for. Conservatives used to demand good character in political leaders. Now the party of “family values” looks away when children are torn from their parents, sometimes with no hope of reunion.

Republicans used to hate deficits; now they only hate Democratic deficits while happily offering free lunches to the rich.

They used to demand strict adherence to the Constitution; now they ignore the emoluments clause and allow Sen. Mitch McConnell to nullify a president’s power to nominate Supreme Court justices and turn the impeachment clause into a joke. Republicans used to be something more than the party of obstruction, dismantling and deregulation.

Republicans have forgotten how to govern. Just look at Texas. Or look at the Republican commissioners who decided that Westmoreland couldn’t afford its own county health department. They aren’t even trying.

Robert Supansic

McKeesport