OPINION:
Republicans were the leaders in calling for citizens to have the freedom to elect their own representatives. Yet prominent Republicans, including Mitt Romney, are now saying they will use their wealth and influence to prevent Donald Trump from becoming the party nominee — for the good of the country. If they succeed, Hillary Clinton will be the next president and the Republican Party will be divided and ineffective for years. These actions would support the Democrats’ claim that the big corporations and Wall Street want to control our country.
Mr. Romney’s position is the main reason he lost the 2012 election and handed a vulnerable President Obama a second term. As governor of Massachusetts, his RomneyCare was passed by the Democrat-controlled state House and Senate. The measure was not popular with state Republicans because it imposed a penalty if an individual did not have insurance. In Mr. Romney’s bid for president Republicans were upset that his plan had laid the foundation for Obamacare, and many decided not to vote for him.
With her lies on Benghazi and her emails, Mrs. Clinton is a vulnerable candidate, just as Mr. Obama was four years ago. But like him she will be the next president unless all Republicans unite to support the party nominee for president and candidates for Congress. Any one of the Republican candidates is a better choice than Mrs. Clinton or her Democratic opponents. Rather than making personal attacks on each other, the Republican candidates should focus on how they will serve the people, improve the economy and limit restrictive Environmental Protection Agency regulations. They also must explan to the American people how they will strive to make the United States the world’s superior military power once again so that it can provide us with security, assist our allies and form a real coalition of willing nations to defeat the Islamic State ISIS and other terrorists.
MARVIN L. HOOVIS
Centerville, Mass.
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