Gardner must stand with Trump against mail ballots

Re: “Gardner questioned over latest slowdowns,” Aug. 18 news story

Sen. Cory Gardner is certainly in a tough spot on the issue of funding the Postal Service and expanding mail- in voting. He represents a state that has led the way in universal mail- in voting, proving it to be effective and secure. He himself was elected in a mail- in election.

Yet he also represents a party that is no longer able to win elections by appealing to a majority of voters. Instead, the Republican Party relies on a variety of shady tactics to stay in power, including spreading lies, embracing hate and division, challenging the legitimacy of elections, and of course voter suppression.

Reducing mail- in voting is a critical tool in the voter suppression toolbox. Trump himself said so. So where does that leave Gardner? He could choose to stand up for what he knows is a fair and honest system to expand voting rights. Or he could stand with Trump, for whom it’s clear that the more people who vote the less chance he has of being re- elected. Gardner has made his choice clear — he stands with Trump in wanting to deny the basic right to vote to millions of Americans who are tired of Trump’s divisiveness and hate.

Gardner says, “I just don’t think Washington, D. C., should be in the business of telling a state how it’s going to carry out its elections.” Yet Trump is in that very business. And Gardner is once again proving to be his Colorado patsy.

Anthony Stitt, Golden