Letter to the editor – January 9, 2021

Dear editor,

I think it is worth noting the only other time the physical seat of government was so attacked was in August 1814 toward the end of the War of 1812 when the British carried in torches and set the president’s residence, the Capitol and other buildings on fire. 

Other demonstrations have occurred, as recently as last year, that caused more than a little concern to the seat of power — also the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist bombings — but nothing to compare to the British and Wednesday’s mob of far-right thugs.

I think it is past time for when the 25th Amendment is invoked and President Donald Trump be removed for his inability to function in a rational way, and Vice President Mike Pence takes over.

Pence finally broke with Trump, and, I think, would function well for a few days. He is, by all accounts, a good Christian man, and we may not have heard the last from him.

 Sincerely,

Bob Johnson,

Humboldt, Kan.

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