通过立法和沉默, 使民主受到威胁. Golden and Collins accused of enabling threats to democracy via legislation and silence.

代表贾雷德·戈登和参议员苏珊·柯林斯在一封信中被批评为可能对美国民主构成威胁. Rep. Jared Golden and Sen. Susan Collins have been criticized in a letter for allegedly enabling a threat to American democracy. 两位议员都支持破坏民主原则的立法, 在对宪法进行攻击时保持沉默, 将当前事件与专制政权相比较. The author accuses both lawmakers of supporting legislation that undermines democratic principles and remaining silent during attacks on the Constitution, comparing current events to authoritarian regimes. 文章认为, 前军人戈尔登和柯林斯背叛了他们的职位誓言, 而他们的遗产将与他们对削弱民主规范的共谋有关, 不管政治结果如何. The writer argues Golden, a former military member, and Collins have betrayed their oaths of office, and their legacies will be tied to their perceived complicity in weakening democratic norms regardless of the political outcome.