Democracy Must Come First
If Trump isn’t convicted for an overt attempt to overturn an election, then his won't be the last such attack. By Readers Aug. 13, 2023 11:53 am ET In “This Trump Indictment Imperils the Presidency” (op-ed, Aug. 3), David Rivkin Jr. and Lee Casey are right to say that “the stakes here are far greater than [Donald Trump’s] fate.” But they reach the wrong conclusion. Protecting the presidency is unquestionably important, but protecting democracy itself is even more so. The former president’s motivation may be difficult to use as a basis for conviction. His actions, however, were an overt attempt to overturn a national election—an attack on our democracy. If that won’t support a conviction, then it probably won’t be the last such attack. Vincent P. Flood Evanston, Ill.
In “This Trump Indictment Imperils the Presidency” (op-ed, Aug. 3), David Rivkin Jr. and Lee Casey are right to say that “the stakes here are far greater than [Donald Trump’s] fate.” But they reach the wrong conclusion. Protecting the presidency is unquestionably important, but protecting democracy itself is even more so.
The former president’s motivation may be difficult to use as a basis for conviction. His actions, however, were an overt attempt to overturn a national election—an attack on our democracy. If that won’t support a conviction, then it probably won’t be the last such attack.
Vincent P. Flood
Evanston, Ill.
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