Letters to the Editor | Nov. 14, 2024

I can certainly understand voters’ frustrations when the party they support doesn’t win. There are some who have taken their frustration to the extreme, probably not good for their overall health. It is best to just accept the results, particularly when Donald Trump secured the popular vote. A majority of voters believe what Trump has to offer in policy is what America needs. Frustrated voters should remember Trump was president for four years and none of the hyped-up media claims about the damage he would do to the country came true. When Trump takes office, the country will see a vast improvement in the economy, including lower taxes, border security, and relations with officials in foreign countries. I do not like many things Trump says, but his policies overcome those issues. Many of the criminal charges against him are going away since several had no merit in the first place.

Richard Wozniak, St. Augustine, Fla.

Isn’t it amazing that Donald Trump won the election, despite all the cheating and rigging he claimed was happening in the lead-up? “A lot of talk about massive CHEATING in Philadelphia. Law Enforcement coming!!!” Trump posted on Truth Social at 4:39 p.m. on Election Day. If all the immigrants in the country illegally who voted for Kamala Harris, and all the dead people rising from their graves to vote against him, didn’t go on as he claimed, then Trump would have won by even bigger margins. Yeah, right.

Remember 2016: “If not for the millions of illegal immigrants who voted for Hillary Clinton, I would have won the popular vote, too.” Remember 2020: “This election was stolen, it was a rigged election.” Followed by the violent insurrection of Jan. 6, 2021. Where’s the clamor about rigging and cheating now? Thank God Trump won, because we know what a sore loser he was when he lost four years ago. Four more years of Trump as president cannot possibly be worse than the endless whining, the chaos, and the violence he would have wrought if he lost again. Harris and Joe Biden will engage in a dignified transfer of power, something Trump was incapable of when he lost.

Tony O’Malley, Emmaus

It is both amusing and disheartening to watch the fallout from the election. The Democrats are turning on each other, and their supporters are in shock. There is blame to spread around, and we are all culpable of tolerating a duopoly that stifles progress and pits us against each other. The American Anti-Corruption Act is not supported by either party, nor are open primaries or ranked choice voting. Independent candidates are not welcome to debate and can’t get on ballots due to impossible constraints. This is not a democracy, and we are all paying the price. Most Americans want the same basic things. We are not extremists. We need to fight for electoral reforms that can open debate, challenge the status quo, and welcome independent ideas. Neither Democrats nor Republicans will save us. Vulnerable people know this all too well. We have to save ourselves from the two-party system.

Barbara Patrizzi, Cherry Hill

Donald Trump appears to be off to a roaring start in an attempt to top the 30,000 lies he told during his first reign of error. He claims he recently pointedly told his puppet master Vladimir Putin to de-escalate Russia’s war in Ukraine, which Trump said he could magically end before he even takes office in January. Russia’s state-run media, however, denies that any such conversation ever took place between Putin and Trump. And if mobilizing 50,000 soldiers, including troops courtesy of North Korean despot Kim Jong Un, is a prelude to peace, then Putin’s useful American idiot may have some newfound credibility after all. And just to reiterate who is dominant in their bogus bromance, the day after the election, Russian TV focused on nude photos of Trump’s wife (the current one) from her modeling days. Buyer’s remorse and liar’s remorse? Standby for both.

Vin Morabito, Scranton

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