We don't need sequel to Jan. 6 

I do not have to look beyond our own family to acknowledge the stark political polarization that dominates this election cycle. My family is multi-generational Wyo./N.M. and mostly Colorado. The angry Red Hats are on one side, and old hippie Libs like me are on the other. If MAGA prevails in this election, it is going to be hard to almost impossible to have anything to do with them, as their elected Mesiah goes about implementing Project 2025. More than anything, this hurts. Family is family but even familial bonds can reach a breaking point.

If Kamala Harris and Tim Walz win a squeaker, but Congress remains under the control of the “freedom party,” MAGA will sabotage progressive legislation or worse, refuse once again to accept the results of the election. We have seen this movie, and it could be much uglier and even more violent than Jan. 6.

I pray it goes the other way, so Democracy may survive. It is possible to reconstruct a legitimate conservative party that transcends the deeply flawed values expressed by the white Christian Nationalists that now dominate the Republican Party.

– Paul Rogers, Durango