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This week on a news channel, I saw a clip that showed a now-retiring Tom Brokaw with a couple of veterans on the 50th anniversary of D-Day. They were revisiting Omaha Beach, where they had been part of the first wave. When Brokaw asked why they were there on that day, one said, "Because our country needed us."

Compare what these members of "The Greatest Generation'' did, with the despicable acts we witnessed Jan. 6. Seventy-seven years ago, America had a bunch of guys willing to put themselves into harm's way, and sometimes even lay down their own lives for their country, while on Jan. 6 we had 800 people (many of them vets, I might add) were trying to rip out our government's heart by attempting to violently nullify an election.

So far our Constitution has stood strong. That's good news for sure, but I would point out to those who are OK with this insurrection: You can't be on both sides of this. These allegations of voter fraud are just that, allegations. They are not evidence of fraud. Our elections and our peaceful transfer of power are what makes us who we are, and if our elections are ever ended or decided by anyone other than "We the People," this democracy experiment of ours will have failed.

As Ben Franklin was walking out of Independence Hall after the Constitutional Convention, he was asked if we had a republic or a monarchy? He offered this observation: "You have a republic. If you can keep it.

I never thought I'd live to see an attempt to steal our democracy, but somehow, after 234 years, Franklin's quote is still relevant.

Tom Osowski, Minto, N.D.

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Letter: Insurrection was an assault on democracy - Grand Forks Herald