Ted Budd is a troubling candidate
To the Editor:
I am an independent voter. I belong to no political party, but rather base my choices on the issues and the candidates themselves. For that reason, I have voted for candidates of both the major political parties in the past. The first vote that I was able to cast was for Richard Nixon for president. I was young, ignorant and foolish. I had not realized how dishonest he was when casting my vote. Since then, I have striven to do more and better research into the candidates for whom I vote.
Next week marks the opening of early voting in the current mid-term election. There is one major race that concerns me greatly, the North Carolina senatorial race between Republican Ted Budd and Democrat Cheri Beasley. In my research into the candidates, I have found nothing that would preclude my voting for Ms. Beasley.
I cannot say the same for Mr. Budd. As a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Mr. Budd voted against certifying the 2020 election. So, let’s get this straight and make this clear. On January 6, the day that a mob attacked, invaded, and trashed the U.S. Capitol Building in an attempt to disallow a legal valid election, Mr. Budd in fact voted to disallow the election. This was a blatant attempt to overthrow the election and overthrow the government. It was a violation of his oath of office as a sitting member of the U.S. House of Representatives.
In my opinion, this negates his suitability to be a member of the House, let alone the Senate. Indeed, the seat that Mr. Budd is running for is the seat being vacated by Republican Sen. Richard Burr, who not only voted to certify the election, but also voted to impeach Donald Trump, an instigator of the mob and who spurred them on.
When you go to vote next week, or in November, just remember that the political party that is asking you to vote for Mr. Budd is the same party that has given us Madison Cawthorn, Mark Meadows and Donald Trump.
Luther Jones
Sylva
