Republican dysfunction is destroying the party of Ronald Reagan and Abraham Lincoln

Echo opinion letters published in the Charlotte Observer, in North Carolina:

THE GOP I KNEW- I served in the Reagan administration and ran for Congress as a Republican in this district in 1984. But today I am registered as unaffiliated, and certainly would never support Donald Trump. It seems that the Republican Party I knew, and was comfortable being a member of, is no more — and in my view we are worse off without it. Real Republican Party — Party of Abraham Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan — please come back! From Carl “Buddy” Horn, Charlotte

TRUMP INDICTMENT - Now that Donald Trump has been indicted four times in multiple jurisdictions and faces 91 criminal charges, I am reminded of what he said right here in North Carolina back in 2016, about a hypothetical indictment of Hillary Clinton. “If she were to win, it would create an unprecedented constitutional crisis that would cripple the operations of our government. She has no right to be running.” If only Trump would follow his own advice. From Arnie Grieves, Huntersville