People of conscience please take note | Letter to the editor

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Republicans in Congress are a bunch of spineless cowards. Their failure to convict an obviously guilty ex-president of inciting violence that caused five deaths and destruction of federal property is alarming.

It seems there is no depth too low for a political party needing to appease its deluded base of support. The Republican Party is virulent and rotten to the core and careening down the path toward fascism.

I don’t believe there are enough honorable Republicans to right the ship and steer it back to something rational that honors the norms of a functioning democracy. 

I fear for the future of our country as long as a large segment of the population supports a politics of lies, delusions and a nearly complete break with objective reality.

Trumpism is a personality cult whose believers have symptoms akin to a mental illness.

Take note, those of you who have a conscience, these people can not be allowed to control the levers of power.

They are endangering all of us and the future of American democracy.

Luke Poeschl
PORT TOWNSEND