Today, in a country of 1.4 billion people, China’s greatest concern is 26 new cases of COVID-19 in one of its remote western communities. China is controlling its virus and its economy continues to grow.

While, in America, we have had 20,000 new cases of COVID-19 in this same day.

In the Republican United States Congress led by Sen. Mitch McConnell, our government’s focus for the last 10 days has been “packing” the United States Supreme Court. Forget about the COVID-19: no masks, no guidance, no control, no aid, no support!

What does all this mean?

∫ Americans will have shorter lives and Americans will have poorer lives because of the continued impact of COVID-19 on our people and our economy.

∫ Control of the United States government, without a single American voter’s vote being cast and six of the nine justices on the United States of America’s Supreme Court now being Catholic, has just been ceded to the Vatican.

Our country has just been hijacked.

LANCE A. HEITZ,

Presque Isle