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To the editor:
A recent letter included me in its mish-mash salad of words. Let's do some education on a few subjects. Republican voter suppression is strong on Native American reservations in North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana and New Mexico because they don't have street addresses, polling places and have taken away drop boxes. Georgia has purged 1.5 million voters and closed 214 polling places. Florida, Texas, New York, North Carolina and Virginia also have done huge purges. Let's not forget Ohio is so gerrymandered and they won't draw fair maps. Cheating is the only way the Republicans can win.
Personal attacks on me and other women in our group show much. All of the name-calling makes it sound like a 5-year-old throwing a tantrum. The obsession with degrading women is beyond normal. If there is reincarnation, maybe the writer will come back as Aunt Esther.
I just saw that Trump played the Q Anon nut's song when he came to Youngstown last week and was wearing the Q pin. He's combining extreme Christian nationalism and conspiracy theorists into a cult. He is promoting lies, hate, violence, attacks on the truth and us-against-them. Calling the press, FBI, DOJ and branches of government corrupt because they are investigating him. Isn't this what Mussolini and Hitler did?
He also said "the storm is coming." Signaling to his cult to be ready for violence again as he did when attempting a coup. So, when you vote for J.D. Vance, you are supporting this cult. He is the author of "Hillbilly Elegy" -- why the poor and uneducated support Trump. Trump stole top secret documents and lied about having them -- a severe threat to our national security. He said he'd exonerate those in prison that violently stormed our Capitol, committing an insurrection and crimes against our country and calling them patriots because they listened to him. He stacked the most important courts with judges who are bending for him. This is not about politics anymore. It's about a desperate mentally unstable man that wants to be a lawless dictator. Remember Jim Jones? He claimed to be a pastor but was actually an atheist.
So, when you vote for Trump Republican minions, keep in mind they are taking away voting rights, women's rights, gerrymandering the courts with far-right judges with no term limits, taking history books out of libraries (freedom of speech), human rights and future generations will be suppressed.
They do support armed citizens carrying guns on our streets. I doubt this is what the majority of the people want. What happened to integrity, respect for our laws and Constitution and doing what is right for the people? The real Republicans are silent and won't stand up to this threat. What will happen to our land of the free? Our Democracy is at risk.
Linda Caputo
Steubenville