To the Editor:

There has been a coup unfolding in the White House. Our Republic is in imminent danger of devolving into an autocracy. The senior White House staff, a group of appointed political supplicants, who swore an oath to the Constitution, have decided that expediency justifies their illegal thwarting of the Constitution. In the now infamous op-ed letter written by a senior member of the White House staff, that anonymous writer asks us to work together with this shadow government, to support their effort to keep Trump from doing less harm to our country than he is capable of. They have convinced themselves that they are patriots, even while acting outside the Constitution. These so-called patriots have likely been perpetuating this hoax from the very start of the Trump presidency.

We have a dangerously incompetent chief executive and his senior staff is a cabal of crass, egotistical, mostly incompetent, political know-nothings. Under this administration, the Supreme Court is being stacked illegitimately. Children have been abducted. Millions of Americans have been left without healthcare. Wealth has been stolen from middle and lower class and showered on the wealthy. Corporations have been anointed as super-citizens, with lower tax rates than for mere human citizens and with more influence on federal elected politicians through the enormity of their campaign donations.

Our Republic has never been so vulnerable. Federal policies are being implemented by unelected, egotistical leeches. The Rule of Law is fracturing. 

This administration has is no respect for our Constitution. The viability of our democracy has already been considerably damaged by these political pirates. Restoring respect for and adherence to our Constitution may take years.

What can we citizens do to restore sanity to our executive branch?

Vote!

We have heard these words before, “this is the most important election this country has held”. Usually these words are invoked when citizens are vehemently opposed to an opposing political party’s policies. The crisis this country is in now makes these previous political conflicts look like a teapot in a tempest. Your ballot in the upcoming mid-term elections is your tool to dismantle this governing aberration.

Vote! 

John Barry

Franklin