In offering an explanation for measles, which was considered eliminated a quarter-century ago, The Columbian (“Misinformation to blame for measles comeback,” In Our View, March 7) wrote: “The situation reflects absurdly willful ignorance from large segments of the population.”
Unfortunately, absurdly willful ignorance is a hallmark of America’s Republican voters. Millions of these voters:
- Continue to believe that the 2020 election was stolen from their man despite a plethora of evidence that it was not and none that it was;
- View Jan. 6, 2021, as a reasonable exercise of their dissatisfaction with the outcome of the 2020 election … as do many of their congressional representatives (who probably don’t believe that but realize that they couldn’t hold office without their support). This, after most of them watched the insurrection on live television (like their designated hero);
- Will actually support their main guy in November even if he’s convicted of all 91 charges against him.
