LETTER: What about the Democrats?
In his Dec. 16 letter (“Commissioner’s praise misplaced”), Oren Spiegler criticized Washington County Commissioner Nick Sherman for his “full-throated support and admiration for U.S. Rep. Guy Reschenthaler.” Spiegler accused Reschenthaler of having “refused to accept the result of the 2020 election.” He said, “The polite term for those of Reschenthaler’s ilk is ‘election denier.’ More accurate are the words ‘anti-democracy liar’ or ‘traitor.'”
I couldn’t help noticing that Spiegler didn’t mention or use any of those derogatory terms in regard to Al Gore’s challenge of George W. Bush’s election as president in 2000. Or the denials in 2016 by Hillary Clinton, recently elected House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries or South Carolina Congressman Jim Clyburn to President Trump’s election in 2016. Add to that Stacey Abram’s challenge in 2016 to Brian P. Kemp’s election as governor of Georgia.
Is anyone who challenges or doubts an election result an election-denier, anti-democracy liar or traitor? If so, Spiegler should call out his Democrat comrades.
Richard Kauffman
Canonsburg