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Senator Lisa Murkowski, Republican of Alaska, in the Capitol earlier this year.Credit…Haiyun Jiang for The New York Times
To the Editor:
Re “A Startling Admission From a G.O.P. Senator: ‘We Are All Afraid’” (news article, nytimes.com, April 17):
Senator Lisa Murkowski, Republican of Alaska, says “we are all afraid.” But she is not alone. We the people are also afraid.
We the people want our democracy; we want our government to be for the people and not for billionaire nihilistic libertarians.
We want competent professionals to run our government, not incompetent political sycophants.
Senator Murkowski, please keep speaking out, and vote against all the undemocratic measures such as the SAVE Act, which would require proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote in federal elections. Speak out every time you know something is not good law.
We the people urge your colleagues to join you in standing firm for our democracy.
Alice Schaffer Smith
Palo Alto, Calif.
The writer is the executive director of the National Voter Corps.
To the Editor:
Yes, we should all send a thank you to Senator Lisa Murkowski for speaking the truth. Her frankness and honesty are both somewhat shocking and invigorating!
While the Trump administration is an abomination of corruption and ill will, we are better than that. She is better than that.