Letter to the editor: Toomey should be thrown out of Republican Party

The recent decision by the Pennsylvania GOP to simply rebuke Sen. Pat Toomey (“Censure of Sen. Toomey for Trump impeachment vote falls short,” March 2, TribLIVE) for betraying his constituents by voting to impeach former President Trump was appalling. What the hell are they thinking? More than half of the committee members took the weakest alternative possible when they should have literally thrown Toomey out of the party. The friend of my enemy (Democratic Party) is my enemy.

Toomey was silent for the duration of Trump’s term and never once, that I recall, defended Trump. Toomey was not elected to vote his conscience but to vote with his constituents. Let us repeal the 17th Amendment!

Trump gave the Republican Party the momentum to restore American values of federalism, states’ sovereignty, individual protections of the Bill of Rights, national pride, work/reward ethics. And he shed light on the terrible industrial political complex (swamp) that seems to penalize the working middle class at every turn. The Pennsylvania GOP must act as one voice, and that voice must announce that the party has an America first agenda. Nothing less is acceptable.

And how about Gov. Tom Wolf preventing the Johnson & Johnson vaccine from going to the most vulnerable and instead allotting it to teachers, bus drivers, etc.? Will Wolf take responsibility for all seniors who die because a teacher jumped the line? Is this a payoff to the teachers union?

And lastly, all this talk about “equity.” Equity is just another word for Marxist redistribution of wealth. This country should have shared goals of freedom, liberty, capitalism and equality (not equity). These goals create wealth and dignity for all.

Michael J. Kardell

Murrysville