Letter to the editor: Democracy is being threatened

Thomas Wagner writes a curious letter (“Baseless claims.”) I found his syntax rather confusing, but he seems to be complaining that election fraud is not adequately being illuminated in the media. And yet his letter was only two sentences — he had plenty of space to be specific about this alleged fraud. I wonder why he didn’t use his platform to provide details. Maybe because he has none?

Letter-writer Bob Jacobs (“If election system works, audit should be supported,”) lists the usual right-wing sophistry, but it was all thrown out of court for lack of evidence over 60 times, often by Trump-appointed judges.

The real fraud is the Big Lie and that the Republicans desperately tried to steal the 2020 election with the help of megaphones like OEM and Fox “News.” As we speak, they are passing laws in Republican states to outright steal the next election.

Republican policies lean heavily toward the rich, and most people want legal abortion, gun control and socialized medicine. They can’t win a fair election, as shown by the fact that they lost the popular vote in the last seven presidential elections. Democrats don’t need to cheat to win.

Wake up, folks. Our democracy is being threatened, and the stage is being set for another Trump presidency, after which we will live in a dictatorship. Dictatorships are bad news in commerce and in politics. In a two-party system there is competition to please the people. A dictator has no reason to care about anybody but himself. Sound like Trump?

Fred Durig

Delmont