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July 17, 2024
Editor, The News-Gazette: Do you consider yourself an American patriot? Do you believe that the Constitution of the United States of America must be observed by all citizens of these United States? Do you agree that the national presidential election of 2020, with its subsequent certification by the Congress of the United States of America in favor of Joseph R. Biden on or about Jan. 6, 2021, was, in fact, actually won by Donald J. Trump - and subsequently and erroneously awarded to the currently recognized president?
If you answered “yes” to the three previous questions, then I ask that you, Ben Cline (who voted against the certification), Donald J. Trump (who asserted the “steal”), and the Trump lawyer (who declared that she was loyal to the Constitution) all three admit that the assertion of a “steal” of the election of 2020 was a mendacious claim, that is, a lie.
If you do not agree to do so, then prove your patriotism and your commitment to our Constitution and insist that Trump is ineligible to be elected as president for a third term.
The 22nd Amendment of our Constitution clearly states that “No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once.”
There are no provisions for “stolen e lections.” I f e lected once previously, a candidate may be eligible (unless he/she has served more than two years of another term) to run again; if elected twice (as the Trump team has claimed), a candidacy is invalid. Let’s unite behind our Constitution - and tell the truth -in this critical election year!
RONALD E. GRAVATT Buena Vista
