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Letter: Fear of the king’s wrath didn’t rattle our Founding Fathers. There might be a lesson there.

This 1876 engraving by W.L. Ormsby shows a version of the painting "Declaration of Independence, July 4th, 1776" by John Trumbull. (W.L. Ormsby/Library of Congress via AP)

This 1876 engraving by W.L. Ormsby shows a version of the painting "Declaration of Independence, July 4th, 1776" by John Trumbull. (W.L. Ormsby/Library of Congress via AP)

Congressional delegations across the country cower in fear of Trump’s wrath if they rise up and speak out criticizing his authoritarian policies.

I wonder if the framers of our Constitution and the signatories of the Declaration of Independence had shown the same absence of integrity and similar cowardice would we still be a British colony?

Jon Seegmiller, Salt Lake City

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