Letter to the editor: Sen. Pat Toomey's cowardice

So Sen. Pat Toomey has admitted that his vote for acquittal was largely due to fear of “societal upheaval” if the president was convicted and removed from office.

I hoped never to see the day when our leaders voted based on intimidation. That hope is now dashed, as the cowardice of politicians like Toomey allows our democracy to deteriorate into mob rule. The Bolsheviks in Russia and the Nazis in Germany were never majorities, but they managed to gain control, in no small part by intimidating legitimate governments. Cringing politicians like Toomey, more interested in their careers than their nations, ended up being facilitators.

If the senator is unwilling to stand up for the system that put him in office, he should seek other employment. He was not elected to abet the White House.

Howard Schmitt

Green Tree