Democracy is on the ballot in November

Finally, Republicans have settled on an issue besides inflation, opposing abortion, contraception, fair elections, CRT, and books on gender. That is to attack President Biden.

Two recent Letters to the Editor in local newspapers are examples of disparaging Biden. Telephone push polls bashing Biden are common. Representative, Cathy McMorris Rodger, spent much of her Spokane Town Hall smearing Biden. Her recent letter appealing for donations claim Biden has an irrational radical agenda.

CMR says she is for equality and other democratic ideals, but votes against them and weasels out of accountability with excuses. That has been her strategy, and it works for her. She is for equal pay for women, yet can’t vote for Lily Ledbetter Paycheck Fairness Act because it will cause lawsuits. She is for contraception, but argues the bill is a Trojan horse and poorly written. (Notice Republicans, like Tiffany Smiley, have scrubbed their homepages post-primary. Smiley can’t even say that Biden won the presidency.)

What are Republican solutions to our country’s problems? We have a labor shortage and they are against allowing more legal immigration. They argue climate change isn’t real, yet there are more floods and wildfires. Many of their proposals will set our country back, like limiting access to voting and supporting election-denying candidates. The election is already “rigged” if they lose.

In November, vote for candidates who will uphold democracy and honesty, like Patty Murray, and Natasha Hill. You have a choice. Democracy is on the ballot.

Nancy Street