Dear Editor:

In a half page advertisement in a recent Lincoln County News, the Lincoln County Republican Committee stated the following:

“I am voting for the next Supreme Court Justice(s) to protect the Constitution and the Bill of rights.” How does the vote by the Trump-appointed justices to set a President above the law fit into this framework?

“I am voting for the Electoral College and for the Republic in which we live.” How do the multiple and continuing efforts to deny the votes of the Electoral College in 2020 fit into this framework?

“I am voting for keeping our jobs to remain in America and not be outsourced all over the world – to China, Mexico and other countries. I want USA made.” How does the unanimous opposition of Republicans in Congress to the Biden/Harris investment of hundreds of billions of dollars in good-paying American jobs through the Inflation Reduction Act and other acts fit into this framework?

“I am voting for secure borders and legal immigration.” How does the Trump-ordered Republican sabotage of the toughest bipartisan immigration bill in decades fit into this framework?

“I am voting for the Military & the Veterans who fought for this Country to give the American people their freedoms.” How does the disrespecting of the Arlington National Cemetery, and the opposition to his re-election by the generals who served in the Trump administration, fit into this framework?

“I am voting for Freedom of Religion.” How does the strident advocacy for Christian nationalism and the demonizing of Muslims fit into this framework?

“I am voting for the right to speak my opinion and not be censored.” How does the banning of LGBTQ+ literature, purging of libraries, and book burnings fit into this framework?

One thing is conspicuously missing: “I am voting for the right of a woman to control her own body.” How does the Lincoln County Republican Committee’s position fit into this framework?

Republicans are twisting themselves into more curves than a pretzel to try and make their electoral campaign palatable to an American public which is increasingly seeing through the obfuscations, convolutions, and outright falsifications of their recent history.

We are not going back.

Nigel Calder

Newcastle