Ronna McDaniel, former head of the Republican National Committee, has openly acknowledged that as party head “you kind of take one for the team”; in other words, you sacrifice truth and integrity to maintain power.
She is openly acknowledging that she and the rest of the Republican MAGA-Force not only openly lied about a “stolen election,” but actively promoted it as reality as well.
I can understand why every NBC behind-desk-broadcaster had nothing good to say about that hire and that NBC quickly dropped her; as should happen to any promoter of the false-stolen-election claim.
News flash — truth matters!
In the book, “The Four Agreements,” by Don Miguel Ruiz, the 1st Agreement is, “be impeccable with your word.” Honesty and truth mean nothing without personal integrity.
Democracy does not work without integrity — period. We have reason to believe there is absolute integrity in our elections; there has been no credible evidence of fraud or otherwise — none.
“Taking one for the team” is not exhibiting the integrity that is required for democracy to survive.
Not speaking out and rejecting these patently false claims — maintaining one’s silence — is not exhibiting the integrity required to hold office in this country’s government.
Where is the required integrity in telling and promoting those lies, to create just enough perceived election-result-confusion-and-doubt, so that our esteemed constitutional expert — Sen. Mike just-tell-me-what-to-say Lee — could find and promote a hazy constitutional path to overthrow a legal and fair election?
Creating false doubt erodes integrity and is not supporting democracy. Nor is it supporting our republic and its Constitution. It is just plain repugnant.
And to support and not speak out against it is as well.
Peter A. Orum, Salt Lake City
