Will it be condemned?

Over the weekend, the former twice-impeached president called for all rules, regulations and even articles, including those in the Constitution, to be terminated.

He states that the elections were full of fraud and demands the election results from 2020 be thrown out. This is untrue. The courts upheld that there was no election fraud in over 60 cases brought before them.

I wonder, in the desire for truth in journalism, how this story will be covered. Will our senators and representatives, governor-elect and other leaders be asked by journalists if they favor overturning the election and terminating the Constitution?

Will our television news organizations question our elected leaders and broadcast their comments on air? Or will this be just another comment by the former president that is glossed over and the conversation deflected? Does truth matter?

It will be a sad day when our elected leaders, journalists and other news organizations responsible for investigating the truth let a call to overthrow our democracy just go in one ear and out the other or, even worse, use it for higher ratings.

Does our democracy matter, or do we all just stand by as the Constitution is terminated and another coup implemented?

We have lessons from history. Just ask the Germans, Russians, or Italians under Mussolini. Are we next, or will journalists investigate the truth and lawmakers find a way to say, “no more, this has gone too far”?

I am anxious to see if our elected Republican leaders condemn such rhetoric.

DORRIE MECKES Cabot