To the Editor:

Martin, you are correct that the Democratic Party generally was racist, pro-slavery and Confederacy in 1860, et seq., but when the Democrats awoke and became the predominant Party of Civil Rights in the 1960’s, the South found a happy home in the bosom of modern Republicanism. There’s no point in further arguing your fantasy that General Brown has a plan to turn the military over to minorities, and that he consistently lies to protect that plan. The fact that he is urging minorities to aim higher for themselves in military service, to apply to the Air Force and strive to meet its stringent officer requirements, is pretty boring compared to your phantasmagoric theories.

When House Republicans threatened to cannibalize their third Speaker in less than a year for re-agreeing with Senate Democrats on an ultimate budget figure with exact appropriations to be determined, Johnson’s response was to declare that no immigration bill would be considered until Trump, or another Republican, occupies the WH (you read that correctly). They won’t accept the 14 billion the Biden administration has proposed for border control, even if it means no funding for allies in the middle of wars and keeping the government open. All they really seem to care about is “Hunter Biden’s balls” (Nancy Mace, R-SC, hollered in Committee that he “doesn’t have any,” while Margie Greene’s gallery of pictures from his laptop proved distinctly otherwise).

The closing arguments for Trump’s New York fraud case occurred last week. Because Trump’s legal team failed to timely request a jury trial, only Judge Engoron has to be persuaded. It was curious then, when he was allowed a few closing statements to the Court, Trump proceeded to insult the judge and berate the entire legal process. On appeal, SCOTUS will not respond favorably to aspersions on the judiciary.

Trump’s attorney, John Sauer, argued that “presidential immunity” should permit a president to order a Navy SEAL6 to assassinate a political rival and never be held accountable unless (s)he were first impeached and convicted by Congress. Sauer apparently didn’t consider that, were his ridiculous arguments successful, Biden could order his client’s assassination, be impeached by the Republican House, not convicted by the Democratic Senate, and therefore be immune from future criminal prosecution for the crime. Trump doesn’t think clearly beyond his own immediate self-interest and never has, which is why he is in all the legal trouble he is at present.

Last week, Trump demanded that Iowa Republicans defy the life-threatening weather and caucus anyway: “You can’t sit home. If you’re sick as a dog…even if you vote and then pass away, it’s worth it. Remember, if you’re sick, if you’re just so sick…Get up!” Once you’ve voted for him, Repos, you and your problems are of no further interest to The Don.

Kelly Scoles,
Fillmore, Ca