The Republican Party today

After reading John Cline’s letter of June 22, I reread the June 15 editorial, “Rule of Law or Mob Rule.” I found it interesting that while the Republican Party is never called out, his letter is a full-throated defense of that party and what it has become in these times.

Many observers of recent events, especially those who have viewed the Jan. 6 Congressional hearings, see that the party has morphed from its conservative foundations into the party of Trump, a party without any democratic (small “d”) moorage.

The Republican witnesses before that committee make clear that Trump and his attorney...