Letter to the editor: Allegiance should be to country, not person

Time to recognize that few love the government but nearly all love the country. Government is a necessary evil imposing restraints for the common good, and it often involves compromises and silliness that can both frustrate and bewilder. But we tolerate it for the sake of country and the certainty the ship of state will be righted eventually. That is the mantra we all must take.

In 2016, President Trump won by an identical number of electoral votes (306) as Joe Biden did in 2020, with even smaller margins in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin, and he lost the popular vote by over 2 million. More, many of us believed he would be a disaster for this country, far worse than anything middle-of-the-road Biden might do, and there was the growing certainty of Russian involvement in Trump’s win. But we shut our mouths and hunkered down, determined to survive the next four years and have our say in 2020.

We spoke loud in 2018 and louder still in 2020, and it is time for you to hear and accept our voice as we accepted yours in 2016. We must all give our allegiance to the country, not an individual.

James Hillebrecht

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