Thank heavens for the Pennsylvania Senate debate!

Notwithstanding fevered warnings of “threats to democracy,” we live in a constitutional republic in which voters select representatives, not directly approve legislation.

For such a system to function properly, the electorate must be able to make informed choices about their representatives. This requires campaigns and elections meant to establish their fitness to represent us. The Constitution’s framers instituted a further safeguard by guaranteeing freedom of the press, expecting journalists to ensure that evidence to the contrary would be exposed.

The Pennsylvania Senate debate Monday night made plain that Democrat John Fetterman, his family and partisans and the media have been dishonest about the extent to which a debilitating stroke rendered him unable to perform the duties of that office.

Sadly, similar perfidy brought us Joe Biden. We cannot afford any more of such real threats to good governance in America.

This is Frank Gaffney.