I registered with the Republican Party 42 years ago and have voted for my party’s candidates since then. That changed in 2016 with the ascension of Donald Trump and his highjacking of Republican standards and ideals.
This man and any elected official or candidate running for office endorsed by Mr. Trump must be stopped from destroying American democracy as we know it. He and those who blindly follow him have created such a poisonous, destructive state that I fear for our democracy’s survival. The lies, the denials of basic facts and scientific truths, the racist and sexist behaviors and those ridiculous tweets need to end and we need to start the process now.
To my Republican colleagues—do not vote for any candidate endorsed by Mr. Trump or follows the Trump doctrine on Nov. 6. We must take drastic measures to save our party and bring civility, common sense and decency back to the political landscape and remove the cancer that is destroying our beliefs and party.
I am very proud of my American heritage and I look forward to a time when America is truly great again. That time will come when Mr. Trump and his followers are out of office.
Vote for our country, not for a party on Nov. 6.
David B. Hughes
Clarkston, Mich.
The writer is a former resident of Charleroi.
Note from KBJ: It's no longer your party, David. It's Trump's party. Your Republican Party refused to fight back against the thugs and creeps of the Democrat Party.
