Letter: Defend America from Trump

In 1974 most congressional Republicans were patriots, forcing then-President Richard Nixon to resign when he tried to overthrow our democracy. Alarmingly, most current congressional Republicans are unpatriotic cowards, caving to former President Donald Trump’s attempt to do likewise.

There’s good reason Trump trusted Russian President Vladimir Putin’s word over our own U.S. intelligence: they’re very similar. Both ruthless liars craving power.

Fortunately, a few current congressional Republicans want to save our democracy. Especially powerful is Republican U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney, my No. 1 hero for over a year. I seldom agree with her policy-wise, but she’s maximally dedicated to saving our democracy from Trump and his enablers.

Although not nearly as committed as Cheney, Jaime Herrera Beutler and Dan Newhouse did vote to impeach Trump after the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection; only 10 Republicans in the entire U.S. House of Representatives did.

However, our third, Cathy McMorris Rodgers, is a real threat to our democracy. As Washington state’s only representative not voting to impeach Trump, she had also planned to oppose certification of President Joe Biden that day. She still won’t deny the “Big Lie” (that Trump won), recently avoiding the question with two minutes of gobbledygook at her town hall meeting.