Our country, right and wrong Updated January 9, 2021, 2:30 a.m. Email to a Friend An open letter to the GOP I was born into a Republican family and raised Republican. I hope that, after Wednesdayâs debacle, you are examining the past and future of your party. Look at the pictures of the mob descending on the halls of Congress and ask yourself whether, regardless of your own feelings and actions, you want your party to rely on or even tolerate them â truth deniers, conspiracy theorists, QAnon believers, racists, bigots, and hatemongers â for your position in the world and in history.