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I read John Cline’s letter in last week’s Weekly News, in which he accused editor Ken Stern of indiscriminately bashing Republicans. I then reread Stern’s editorial. It warned of the danger of mob rule and disrespect for the law. Not once did he use the word “Republican” but Cline, for reasons known only to him, seems to believe that the column is a direct attack on his party and him personally as a Republican.

Though Mr. Stern did not bash Republicans, I will be glad to. Here at home, Skagit Republican chair Bill Bruch maintained that the insurrectionists on Jan. 6 were “antifa...