We are about to celebrate the 250th birthday of a country that was great and well respected by most of the world, at least, up until 2020. Since then, one man has succeeded in making this country nothing less than detested by that same world.

If the Republican Party doesn’t soon open their eyes, get a backbone, and dump Trump, we’re going to be steadily down spiraling into a dictatorship. It’s already called “The Party of Trump.”

He owns our federal law enforcement, the federal court system, the elected representatives and senators, the voting system, etc.

He’s putting his name on federal buildings, airports and even the distinguished Kennedy Center.

If all he’s doing doesn’t sound and look like a dictator, then absolutely nothing else does. It’s going to be up to the everyday Republican, and not the Republican Party, to keep our great country from becoming a country run by a low life dictator.

Do you want your children and grandchildren living under a dictator? I don’t doubt that most registered Republicans are good, decent people who feel duty bound to their party, but at this point in the game, it’s time to not think of your party, but to think of your country.

Oliver Smith

Hollidaysburg