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No sense of dignity

Let’s see if I have this correct. You, Cathy McMorris Rodgers, tell your constituents what a caring Christian representative you are and that you only want the best for us and for America. Then you tell us to vote for a man you know is a narcissist, racist, hate-filled, untruthful, misogynist with absolutely no sense of dignity. He has mocked a disabled person; you said nothing. He disrespected a Gold Star family whose son gave his life for our country; you said nothing. He denigrates women; you said nothing.

You, and your political party, should have some sense of morality to which you hold your presidential nominees, but you do not. To hang on to your political position and power, you will grovel, release your dignity, morals and faith and willingly turn our country over to a man who violates all of America’s beliefs and norms. You are trying to make an abnormal person appear normal, and we will not accept that.

You clearly have no sense of dignity. Or, as Karl Rove said, “if you accept the king’s coin, you have to play the king’s song.” You are playing the king’s song.

Pat Bates

Clarkston

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