GRAFTON-Inspired by Dan DeWalt's recent Viewpoint, I submit the following letter to the editor:
On Jan. 6, 2021, a violent, armed mob that was assembled, exhorted, and coordinated by then-President Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol to disrupt the certification of the presidential election he had lost.
Despite this attempted coup, he retained the support of members of the MAGA movement and, by their complicity, the Republican party at large.
This once-failed seditionist has been given a second opportunity to install himself as the authoritarian ruler of a fascist version of the United States of America, and he is taking full advantage of that daily.
Neighbors, you cannot be part of the scaffolding that props him up while feigning ignorance, denying the obvious, or protesting your innocence.
Is the loss of our democracy the legacy you want to leave behind for your children and grandchildren?
Keith Hermiz
Grafton
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