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A clerk used a sheet listing all the members of the U.S. House of Representatives and a hand tally counter to keep track of votes Tuesday on the second day of balloting to elect a speaker, at the Capitol in Washington.
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The letter blaming the Democrats for preventing the election of a speaker of the U.S. House ignores the salient reason: The extremist candidates being put forth by a tiny power-grabbing minority are not even fully supported by the GOP (“Democrats need to help elect new House speaker,” Star-Advertiser, Oct. 17).
Adolf Hitler and Vladimir Lenin never won a democratic majority in their national legislatures either, which is why they resorted to extra-legal means to create brutal dictatorships.
It’s time for a speaker who can bring people together to address the huge issues facing the country and the world, instead of someone who would divide us permanently, favor an extremist minority and destroy our democracy.
David Chappell
Kaneohe
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