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U.S. Rep. Jesús “Chuy” Garcia pulled an underhanded move when he legally but undemocratically pulled out of the upcoming election after petition signatures were due, positioning his aide to run unopposed.

Just as spineless and unprincipled is the Democratic Party’s lack of broad censure for this unscrupulous behavior on the part of a U.S. representative.

I feel strongly that our current president is a serous threat to democracy. That is no excuse for the party I have supported my entire life to engage in its own subversions of democracy.

— Anna Fillmore, Chicago

Undermining of election

Shame on U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, the House minority leader, for supporting U.S. Rep. Jesús “Chuy” Garcia’s retirement action that bypassed a basic tenet

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