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To the Editor:
Liz Cheney, chair of the House Republican Conference, displayed tremendous courage in voting to impeach President Donald Trump. Despite obvious potential pitfalls, Ms. Cheney threw political expediency to the wind and cast what she has termed a âvote of conscience.â
More important, her statement preceding her vote was one of the most powerful any politician has ever delivered, paving the way for the most bipartisan vote to impeach a president in our nationâs history.
Thankfully, other House Republicans showed bravery by choosing â albeit by secret ballot â to keep Ms. Cheney in her leadership post.
Gene Harrington
We stand together in expressing serious concern with the Trump administration s vaccine distribution plan. While we are encouraged by recent reports regarding the vaccines efficacy, there is urgent work to be done to ensure vaccination efforts are both expeditious and fair.
Governors need federal funding in order to execute comprehensive distribution plans to guarantee that all communities have access to the vaccine. The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials estimates that a comprehensive vaccine distribution program would cost approximately $8 billion. To date, the Trump Administration has administered a mere $200 million to the states.
Without adequate funding, distribution will not be equitable. COVID-19 has laid bare chronic health disparities in our country that led communities of color to suffer disproportionately from this virus. Communities of color disproportionately suffer from pre-existing conditions, such as asthma, obesity and hyp