Poor Gary Franks! He paints Democrats as all being socialists without knowing anything about either group (“Socialists/Democrats — is there a difference?,” Aug. 12, TribLIVE). He’s just trying to accuse Democrats of doing the very things his own GOP is doing.
The GOP tries to control every state government and every decision. After Donald Trump lost in 2020, Republicans began to create laws to prevent “undesirables” from voting or having a fair vote count, trying to eliminate drop boxes and mail-in ballots .
The GOP majority on the Supreme Court overturned Roe v.Wade, seemingly without considering the arguments of the pro-choice people and based on the religious view of a minority of the religious spectrum. In my opinion, their decision ignored that Roe v. Wade was settled based upon actual amendments in the Bill of Rights. All conservative justices, when they were interviewed by the Senate, agreed Roe v. Wade was settled law.
It seems that today’s modern GOP has adopted the amorality of Trump and Sen. Mitch McConnell. Franks tries to accuse Democrats of packing the Supreme Court. It wasn’t us, Gary. It was the GOP’s own morally bankrupt McConnell and Donald Trump.
Leo Nagorski
Shaler