Letter: Fed up with deterioration of Republican Party

I don’t want to be a Republican anymore.

I’ve watched the Republican Party deteriorate over the past 10 years to the point that I’m ashamed to say I’m a Republican.

What does the GOP actually stand for? Right now, we seem to want to be the responsible party but know we’re going to get blamed for whatever happens. We are caving, but to what? I couldn’t tell you.

The GOP is now without dignity and willing to take scraps from the Democrats’ table so long as they can sit like dogs on the floor next to it. Their plans are designed around tactics, not common sense and strategy. These tactics are designed to avoid as much blame as possible for the mess they have created.

I feel like the Republican voters in America are being held hostage by the very people we voted for. These politicians hide behind the American flag pledging to uphold the Constitution, a Constitution our Founding Fathers wrote to protect us from a government just like the one we have today. If they don’t like something on it, they’ll just do a law to their liking such as passing the immigration bill.

That’s it. I’ve had enough.

Hal McClendon

Salem