Letter to the Editor

Yes, Trump tightened up border security, but he accomplished this goal by violating the constitution and using ICE in ways that, like it or not, are akin to the Gestapo.

Undocumented immigrants, legal immigrants and even some citizens ended up in jails across the country, often without due process. Brutal ICE agents physically overreacted far too many times and the scenes of their thuggery are portrayed across the internet and news stations. Regrettably, these shameful scenes are also indelibly imprinted unto the memories of young and old. This year, overzealous ICE agents have started to use guns on civilians.

As ever, Trump is mimicking his good friend, Putin and his fascist father, Hitler. The invasion of Ukraine by Putin, the invasion of Poland by Hitler and the invasion of Venezuela by Trump were acts of aggression against countries with which Russia, Germany and America were not at war.

Like Hitler and Putin, Trump is putting his country on the wrong side of international relationships. Make no mistake, history will condemn all three.

Spineless Republicans are rallying around their dictator. House Speaker Mike Johnson called the military action in Venezuela a “justified operation that will protect American lives.” Wow!

Our Livingston County’s, Saturday, 18 October rallies were brimming with democratic ideals. Most were pro-US Constitutional (thus No Kings) & safe, sensible and sane feelings. We attended three “we love the US celebrations” in our county villages at 10 a.m., noon and 1:30 p.m.

Claudia Tenney, our Representative in Congress, is supposed to represent us. Instead, she is jackboot marching behind President Trump.

Earlier this year she voted to cut subsidies for healthcare and school lunches when she exuberantly supported the Big “Beautiful” Bill. These cuts will primarily endanger children, the elderly and the disabled.

Tenney also supports Trump in reducing or eliminating government programs that help all New Yorkers. These include the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that protects us from poisons in the air and the water. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) was reduced by 30% threatening the long-term observation weather patterns and hurricanes.

“A house divided against itself cannot stand.” Abraham Lincoln famously said this as part of his 1858 speech at the Illinois Republican convention. Right now, about the only thing Americans can agree on is how severely divided we are as a nation.

At a time when our country was engaged in a brutal civil war and had an uncertain future, President Lincoln demonstrated great temperament and leadership that kept our government and our Union together. But, whereas Lincoln is known as the “Great Uniter”, our current president has become known as the “Great Divider.”

President Trump has been attacking ANTIFA. “I am pleased to inform our many U.S.A. Patriots that I am designating ANTIFA, A SICK, DANGEROUS, RADICAL LEFT DISASTER, AS A MAJOR TERRORIST ORGANIZATION. I will also be strongly recommending that those funding ANTIFA be thoroughly investigated.”

There is no antifa organization. It is simply an abbreviation for being anti-fascist. Before, during and after World War II patriotic Americans were all anti-fascist. Especially the 413,000 brave patriots who gave up their lives to fight fascism. There were all antifa.

After the tragic death of Charlie Kirk, President Trump stated “It’s long past time for all Americans and the media to confront the fact that violence and murder are the tragic consequence of demonizing those with whom you disagree.”

The awful truth is that rhetoric dramatically heated up with the emergence of Trump and it continues today because of his incendiary comments. Below are just a few of his over-the-top derogatory comments about his “enemies”: