Democrats are hypocrites when it comes to election challenges

Referring to Larry Persily’s opinion piece, “Republican election deniers threaten democracy” (Oct. 12 Sentinel), I wonder if a double standard is part of the new “improved democracy.”

It remains to be said that there were also many election deniers among Democrats in 2016 claiming Trump lost the election, calling him an illegitimate president for four years and challenging the electoral count. If the act of questioning election results threatens democracy, how come the very same people who challenged Trump’s 2016 win present themselves as champions/defenders of democracy now?

The electoral college laws tell us that it is perfectly legal to raise objections during the electoral vote count. The Electoral Act of 1887 even has the exact procedure how to do so. But when Republicans tried to exercise their constitutional right to object in 2020, they were called “treason caucus.” Let’s see if I have this straight: Democrats denying election results are patriots and defenders of democracy, while Republicans doing exactly the same are domestic terrorists?

As for the 2020 election itself, many people familiar with the U.S. election process knows that 2020 was a political anomaly and there were allegations of voting “irregularities.” A politician who hardly played third fiddle in the primaries (and lost the presidential candidacy twice before) suddenly won with a record number of votes, the likes of which had never been seen before.

We are assured the voting results were verified by "many truly independent audits.” Really? I must be living in a different universe. But we are always hearing the same words: claims of a stolen election are “unsubstantiated, unproven and debunked.” So, who debunked the so-called “big lie?”

With the upcoming midterm election, keep in mind President Joe Biden’s yellow brick road leads to higher inflation, an unsecured southern border, energy dependency, high gasoline prices, supply chain problems and other “advantages” of creeping socialism. Please vote according to your values and common sense. Do not listen to anybody who is deciding what candidate is the right one for you.

Ivan Simonek