Repeating The Big Lie is not a democratic political strategy!

An echo opinion letter published in The Register-Guard, an Oregon newspaper:

A referendum on the Big Lie:

American rights and liberties must be defended!

The Republican Party (i.e. #GOP- Growing Old Party) has turned the 2022, midterm elections into a #fakenews referendum on the Big Lie that Biden lost to Trump in 2020. Even after Trump sent an armed mob against the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, polls show a frightening 30% of voters and an overwhelming majority of (wrong-minded!) Republicans continue to support him.

Looking at these numbers, Republican leadership has decided to pursue a strategy to control the electoral process so it can rule the country without the support of a majority of voters — to essentially put an end to democracy in this country. Republicans have blocked voting rights legislation in the Senate. In the states they control, they are passing laws that restrict voting for the poor and minorities, a traditional part of the Democratic base.

By undermining democracy and democratic institutions, Republicans weaken the rights and liberties they pretend to defend. 

Moreover, without a strong democracy, the Constitution is just a scrap of paper with some noble ideas. The white middle-class voters that Republicans depend on can protect the Constitution and show their patriotism and love for this country by refusing to vote Republican in 2022.

Donald M. Brasted- Maki, Eugene, Oregan

P.S. Maine Writer - In other words, protecting The Big Lie is not a viable democratic political strategy.