Editor:
Well, it appears that Elise Stefanik will continue her attack on our democracy. Over the past year she has voted against both impeachments of Donald Trump (despite overwhelming evidence supporting all articles).
Apparently, it wasn’t enough for her to have to hide from rioters (and murderers) — the far right extremist “Proud Boys,” “QAnon followers,” and other white racist groups while they attacked police and our Capitol. She voted immediately after this insurrection to not accept the results of the 2020 presidential election.
It wasn’t enough that she sided with a known QAnon supporter in Marjorie Greene (Republican congresswoman from Georgia), voting against taking her off congressional committees (education — yikes!). This is despite Greene’s verbal attacks on a 19-year-old survivor of the Parkland school shootings, a Facebook posting of her holding a rifle on three congresswomen and a denial of the 9/11 attacks, while spewing hate by threatening violence against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
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Yes, it’s clear Stefanik’s sole goal is to get pats on the head from colleagues who, like her, will be judged forever for their conduct.
I take no solace that history will hold them accountable. We need to be able to explain this now to our children, our grandchildren. Subverting democracy, supporting vile, criminal and outrageous lies, is not what the framers of the Constitution had in mind for this country.
Kudos to the Republican Accountability Project for calling for her resignation. Unfortunately, those individuals who are without morals, integrity and honor will never resign. All we can hope for is that the American voter will straighten out this mess by ensuring these folks don’t represent us.
Finally, I’m calling for Elise Stefanik to stop saying “I’m representing the majority of my constituency.” She is not representing me, the North Country, or the “majority” of this country.
Mary Hilliard, Lake George
