Charles LaPiene: What are we?

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Published: 01-12-2024 1:12 PM

Modified: 01-12-2024 8:22 PM


A Jan. 6 article says President Joe Biden is concerned Donald Trump is a “threat to democracy.” It is true. He is.

The USA is not a democracy (mob rule); we are a constitutional republic (rule of law). Biden needs to go back to high school and retake his history and civics classes. To quote Benjamin Franklin: “A republic, if you can keep it!”

Charles LaPiene

Granby

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