If Democrats chose their name as representative of a party with pure democracy as a standard, then the preoccupation with immigration at any cost makes sense. It is apparent that as soon as a people figure out that the unbridled majority can vote in whatever strikes their fancy and that the fancy striker could be government largesse, then there you have it.

Hence the choice of a republic (“if you can keep it,” reportedly said Ben Franklin) and the leavening of the representative government.

A way to undo the republic is the importation of many individuals, untutored in republicanism but wise in the ways of government promises. Just 1,800-some were recently allowed to become citizens even though they were awaiting deportation. How ever did that happen?

Even illegal aliens have an effect on the Electoral College as they are counted in the census upon which is based the apportionment of electoral votes. If allowed to illegally vote, they steal your vote from you, and eventually your country as voter fraud, which is more and more seen to occur.

Some of this same lemming effect can be seen in the initiative system that allows Colorado citizens to modify the state Constitution with a popular vote, often supported by outside interests and worded in ways that can mean the exact opposite of what it looks like.

If the stated desire of the Democratic candidate for “open borders” is not clear now, then you are one of them: a member of the Democratic crime syndicate. There is no such thing as the popular innocence.

Tim Gwynn

Durango