Electoral deniers should resign from Congress

Orson Welles, among others, quoted that truth is what one can convince people it is. It seems the delusional individual currently occupying space in the White House is a firm believer in this pithy expression.

His rants over and over again about election fraud have found believers all across the country as evidenced by the anarchists and thugs who were egged on by soon-to-be ex-president Donald Trump when he called on his minions to “show strength” and “fight.” Consequently, the unruly horde stormed the U.S. Capitol in an unparalleled act of domestic terrorism.

Sadly, some elected members of Congress continue to deny the real truth that there wasn't any election fraud and choose to side with Trump in his false belief that he actually won the election. That became painfully evident during the congressional Electoral College certification process. The senators and representatives who disputed the election of President-elect Joe Biden should be ashamed of their undemocratic and unpatriotic behavior in an attempt to negate the votes of honest and hard-working Americans. Their assault on the very essence of democracy makes them no better than the anarchists and thugs who violently wreaked havoc on the Capitol.

If these seditious individuals have a modicum of dignity, honor and decency left in them, and if they have any respect for the Constitution and democratic values, they should resign immediately. Otherwise, one can only hope they become no more than personae non grata in Congress, and that their names shall forever be relegated to the scrapheap of ignominy.

Bill Sillery Latham