To The Editor:

If I were a Republican, I’d be embarrassed.

I hear hatred toward minorities, immigrants, anyone questioning the lack of strategies to improve our country, or those fighting corruption driving many “executive orders.”

This regime:

·Established a cabinet of mostly unqualified sycophants plus an unelected, unvetted “DOGE” to raid federal offices, fire essential workers, and falsely claim it is saving money. It has accessed sensitive data of citizens in systems like Social Security and downloaded it for unknown purposes.

·Threatens the USPS, FEMA and Consumer Financial Protection Bureau – which has saved citizens over $6 billion.

·Risks our health via an anti-vaccine/science person heading the DHHS. Threatens to curtail Medicaid and Medicare affecting all hospitals. Cut food safety inspections. Measles and salmonella, anyone?

·Seeks to lower taxes for the wealthiest and gut farm assistance while exploding the deficit they claim to hate.

·Ignores Rule of Law and Due Process. Defies court orders - even from their Supreme Court. Deports American citizens and threatens sending them to a foreign prison.

·Instituted tariffs tanking our economy, exploding prices and risking a recession. Seen your 401(k) lately? Gotten groceries?

·Threatens free speech through “retaliation” on media, law firms and universities.

There is much more. Which actions are Repubs against? Apparently none. Even our PA representatives ignore threats to democracy. Cowardice rules and concern for both the citizens they serve and the Constitution they swore to protect are blatantly neglected.

Yet, I believe many Republicans do not support hatred, incompetence and corruption and many support the Constitution as devoted patriots. Wish you voted differently? Find common ground. Hold spineless officials responsible for supporting actions making us poorer and unsafe.

Protest peacefully – while we still have free speech.

L. Schwartz

Allentown