The real threat to democracy | Letters to the editor

I was amazed, yet gratified, by the jury’s decision to convict Donald Trump.

But I am completely flabbergasted by the Republican leadership’s response, which is to fault “the system” and to parrot the false belief of a rigged trial.

I am certain that if the decision had gone the other way, Democratic leaders would not have said the court was rigged.

This tagline is an old, worn-out Trump ploy, and one that, sadly, so many people are buying.

I was especially distraught...