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You can save this nation

To the editor:

Very simply, on Tuesday every eligible voter in the North Country has a chance to help save the United States from going down the path of demagoguery, bigotry, racism, lies and deceit. We have a chance to make a statement for ourselves, our families, our friends and all citizens of this nation.

It is simple. VOTE DEMOCRATIC on every single ballot, every single election, every single chance you get. Show up to the polls and do your part to stop the madness promulgated by this ill-suited, narcissistic and dangerous occupant of the White House.

RUN EVERY REPUBLICAN OUT OF OFFICE. This is the only way you can ensure that your health insurance will continue to cover you for preexisting illnesses. (Remember Trump’s health care bill that would have removed up to THIRTY million people from the roles of the insured?) Voting Democratic is the only way you can be certain your Social Security and Medicare won’t be attacked because of deficits from the unnecessary tax cut enacted for the benefit of the billionaire class. Every Republican is beholden to Trump. They are afraid of him; they are spineless; they will not oppose him. Trust essentially nothing they say. They have no plans to better America, just more tax cuts and their self-enrichment. They have no concern or empathy for the poor, have no plans for a safety net for those who may need it; they don’t care about education, a free and independent press, honesty in government, people’s health care, women’s issues or any of the myriad kitchen-table concerns average Americans have. This is not the Republican Party of of Dirksen, Baker or even Reagan. This is a group of sycophants led by a frightening nationalist, and they will follow him to the ends of the earth. They must be stopped now for all our sakes. Failure is not an option.

Locally, Elise Stefanik must be run out of town, She will cave in when it counts and back Trump and you will pay the price. Check out her donor list. Everyone wants clean water, safe food sources; everyone supports our troops 100 percent 24/7; everyone wants our economy to improve. These are not partisan issues. Hunters and home protectors have their legally licensed guns, but there is no sensible rationale to allow machine guns across this state so that mass shootings can occur when they fall into the wrong hands, as they will as Congresswoman Stefanik would allow. Remember, every country has mentally deranged people, but only in the USA can they get an AK-47. (As a disclaimer, please know that I am a U.S. Navy veteran and practiced medicine in the Washington, D.C., area for more than 30 years. I know the mindset of these people; I saw it every day.)

So, go forward with a mission Tuesday to help right our ship. Push these pretenders out, and ELECT EVERY DEMOCRAT within your power. DO NOT WASTE YOUR VOTE on a well-intentioned Green Party candidate. Your lives and those of your children and grandchildren depend upon it and will be so much better off if you do.

Sincerely,

Robert E. Morton, M.D.

Lake Placid

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