To the editor: I used to be fortunate sufficient to be born to a Democratic activist mom and an ACLU father 81 years in the past. I’ve been a Democrat since 1968. I voted for President Biden in 2020. I voted for Vice President Kamala Harris in 2024. On no account would I, or might I, vote for President-elect Trump.
Nonetheless, being a rank-and-file Democrat is difficult. Our management insists on willful blindness to the truth that now we have turn into the celebration of the well-educated elite and now we have left the multiracial working class behind. Those that converse for us virtue-signal about culture-war points and congratulate one another for his or her ethical superiority.
I voted for Biden 4 years in the past, however even then I knew he was frail. I’m ashamed that our management coated for him and allowed him to run till he withdrew final July.
What I’ve heard from my fellow Democrats is a few model of, “Simply wait till 2026, after we will take again the Home and impeach him once more.” Another empty feel-good gesture.
We have to hand over the conviction that as a result of we’re smarter and richer and cleaner, we’re the celebration chosen by God or historical past. We have to get off our ethical excessive horse and rethink our attitudes so the individuals will truly select us.
Our angle feels good, however it’s silly.
Mark Janssen, Yorba Linda
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To the editor: Columnist Anita Chabria wants a actuality verify. She’s off when she writes in her column about the fight that California faces, “The vast majority of Individuals don’t share the values that this state holds pricey.”
The voting age inhabitants of the U.S. is simply greater than 262 million, and Trump’s vote rely up to now is round 74 million. That’s 28%, not half, and those that did vote for Trump didn’t all accomplish that as a result of they’re hard-core bigots. Many citizens have been fooled by right-wing demagoguery.
Additionally, the declare that “in the beginning … this was a free and truthful election” ignores severe right-wing voter suppression that has been occurring for years.
Val Carlson, Los Angeles
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To the editor: It didn’t take lengthy to see Gov. Gavin Newsom’s technique for his run for the presidency in 2028.
He’s going to save lots of California from the evil Trump administration and present the nation the way it’s carried out. Who’s going to pay for this stage play? Why, the taxpayers of California, in fact.
Now we have a excessive price of residing, the very best gasoline costs, the very best housing prices, the very best homeless inhabitants and the very best taxes wherever. Why not simply add on the price of difficult the federal authorities to this? Does anyone in California count on something much less?
William Carroll, Carlsbad
