Letter to the editor: Republicans need saving

Given recent history, Pennsylvania Republicans should make their official motto “Save Us From Ourselves.”

First, 14 Republican lawmakers joined a lawsuit asking the state’s Supreme Court to rule that mail-in-balloting is unconstitutional. Republicans trying to limit access to the ballot wouldn’t be shocking, as voter repression seems to be part of the party’s core values, if it weren’t for the fact that 11 of the 14 Republicans that joined the lawsuit voted for the very law they’re trying to overturn, in 2018.

Now, Republicans are aiming to cut the state’s gas tax by one-third to fight back against record high petroleum prices, by using emergency covid funds to fill the gap in the state’s budget. I applaud cheaper prices at the pump, especially when it comes at the sacrifice of the country’s highest state-imposed gas tax, but I’d be remiss in not pondering why Republicans didn’t have this concern when they, under GOP-controlled legislative and executive branches, passed the tax hike in 2013.

If you’re forced to drive to your local polling place in May, in order to cast your ballot, remember to send your gas receipts to the state’s GOP headquarters.

Richard Aldo Monti

Harrison