Thank you for your thoughtful editorial regarding the threat that the Trump administration’s brazenly corrupt standards pose for our country (“Watching his back, Trump lets down our guard,” April 19). I would add a piece that I have not seen the Globe or any other news organization address, except as it touches on impeachment. The Republican Party itself has become so corrupted with Russian money and influence that its members no longer have the will to adhere to their own oaths of office, to uphold and defend the US Constitution.
Republican officeholders in the House and Senate have stood in the way of this investigation and demonstrated their loyalty to a corrupt president rather than to the country. If there were any integrity left to the GOP, this corruption could be over next week. There isn’t. Everyone who is complicit must be held accountable. Our democracy—our freedom—depends on it.
Helene Stein
