Letter-writer Joan Heinz’s reality seems to be whatever the triad of Donald Trump, Fox News and RT tell her it is (“Democrats, the party of lies.”) Her inability to see that Jan. 6 was a Trump coup attempt is not surprising. The Jan. 6 committee will soon televise hearings with witnesses under oath. The seditionists and coup plotters will be accountable in the courts.
In America, there are consequences for trying to overthrow a free and fair election. Heinz may be trying to “own the libs” with her letter. That is a harmless delusion. However, my concern is that refusing to believe one’s eyes about Jan. 6 leads to bigger issues.
Trump, Sen. Ted Cruz, Tucker Carlson and other GOPers have praised Vladimir Putin for invading Ukraine. This propaganda is being played in a loop on Russian media. They are counting on Trumpsters to believe their lies.
Where are the Reagan and Bush conservatives who will put country before an authoritarian wannabe? Have the Republicans lost their sense of right and wrong? My dad, uncles, neighbors and fellow Americans who lost their lives fighting the Nazis and fascists during World War II would be outraged at the Seditionist Party of Trump today that praises a fascist.
Yes, Joan, President Kennedy would recognize the Democratic Party today because we still believe that all men are created equal and the Constitution must protect all of us. In the words of Martin Luther King Jr., “the arc of the moral universe is long, but it always bends toward justice.”
Renalda Arndt
South Huntingdon