Dear Editor:
I hope people are paying attention. If we don’t speak up, I am afraid we may well lose our democracy as we know it.
It is outrageous that President Trump has not conceded the election; has not permitted the release of the funds always available to the transition team; has instructed his (apparently not our) attorney general to look for election fraud throughout the country when every state attorney general (republican and democrat) has reported no fraud*; has replaced qualified personnel in the Pentagon (and other departments) who are loyalists as well as unqualified for those positions; and has, thereby, endangered our safety.
And, still and always, Mitch McConnell and almost all of the other Republican Senators have said nothing.
I served as a poll worker for the first time this year. Not because I was unafraid of Covid. (I was and still am afraid as 71 year old with a history of respiratory problems.) I served because I believed it was my civic duty. I don’t mind endangering my life for democracy, but I expect others to do their part as well.
Call Senator Rob Portman and tell him to stand up to Trump.
Cincinnati Office – 312 Walnut St. Suite 3075, Cincinnati, OH 45202 Phone: 513-684-3265
Cleveland Office – 1240 East 9th Street, Suite 3061, Cleveland, OH 44199 Phone: 216-522-7095
Columbus Office – 37 West Broad Street, Suite 300, Columbus, OH 43215 Phone: 614-469-6774
Sincerely.
Billie Brandon
Mansfield, Ohio
