How LaMalfa betrayed his oath of office

Doug LaMalfa belongs in prison, not in Congress. If LaMalfa was not actually present and cavorting with the treasonous rabble that ransacked and defiled our nation’s Capitol on January 6, 2021, he might as well have been. Just hours after the MAGA mob left five people dead and our Capitol in shambles, LaMalfa joined their attempted coup d’état and did exactly what the rioters had demanded. In lockstep with the hard-core Trump toadies in the GOP caucus, LaMalfa voted to reject valid ballot counts in Arizona and Pennsylvania, key parts of the Trump-Giuliani scheme to manipulate the Electoral College and deliberately overturn an American presidential election that Joseph Biden won by over 7 million popular votes.

By placing his abject subservience to Donald Trump above his loyalty to our Democracy, LaMalfa betrayed his oath of office and his sworn constitutional duty as a Congressman to check the abuses of a reckless and dangerous Chief Executive. In so doing, he disgraced and embarrassed the law-abiding citizens of the First Congressional District who have entrusted him with his high office for nearly 10 years.

It’s time for a change. Northern California needs a patriotic American congressman who genuinely believes in democracy and can be trusted to faithfully uphold and defend the Constitution. Between now and November 8, please join me in voting for Max Steiner as our new representative in Congress.

— Michael Magliari, Chico