Even in stolen election, Trump’s message popular Four years of evidence enough to render opinion

When former President

Barack Obama ran for the office in 2008 and made his historic statement about “fundamentally transforming America,” most of us passed it off as political rhetoric. But after eight years of his presidency, many of us became concerned about his “globalist” ideas. Some even wondered if he really meant to “fundamentally destroy” America.

That awakened understanding of Obama brought us Donald Trump in 2016, as well as his promise to “make America great again.” Obama and the Democrats were totally surprised when political heir Hillary Clinton lost that election. But they wasted no time and used the inherent powers of Washington’s federal bureaucracy or “deep state” (more than 90% of whom voted for Clinton), to set up a formal resistance program to undermine Trump and his MAGA plans. That ugly resistance went on for the entire first term of Trump’s presidency. His detractors were determined not to give him a second term.

As president, Trump’s MAGA message — and actions directly supporting it — resonated with both initial voters and new converts. He became more popular, and would eventually receive more than 10 million more votes in 2020 than 2016. That popularity scared the globalists and they needed to do something about it. And, so they did.

Exactly what they did is not immediately known but we can see the 2020 election being stolen right before our eyes. To those who scream no evidence of fraud exists, they need to get and read Peter Navarro’s report which makes the evidence glaringly obvious.

— Anna Mae Maly, San Rafael

I believe in maintaining an open mind that any person is to be accepted without judgment at first instance. They should be considered presumptively as a good person, with capacities for growth and development.

I gave Donald Trump such benefit. He was not my choice, nor the choice of a majority of my fellow citizens, but our system of government elected him with its peculiar legitimacy and I accepted that. I accept American institutions and traditions.

He was easy to observe, with his penchant for direct communication via Twitter. The media covered every utterance in excruciating detail.

After four years, I have made a judgment, based upon huge and overwhelming evidence. I must assume that my fellow citizens have observed the same data.

This evidence must obviously also apply to the Republican political party, of which Trump is so firmly and closely the leader.

It is my considered opinion, based upon overwhelming evidence, that Trump, and his Republican Party, are — jointly and severally — attempting to subvert and overthrow American institutions for their own selfish ends.

It my belief, based on a lesser amount of evidence, that Joe Biden and his Democratic Party will restore the damaged American institutions.

In a recently published letter to the editor, Jon Arild used the word “ignoramus,” which is an appropriate word, but not in the sense he used it. I consider an ignoramus to be someone who does not indict on the evidence presented; someone who makes a decision that the evidence presented does not meet the burden of proof, and is to be ignored. Do not ignore the vast amount of evidence showing the corruption, incompetence and criminality of the Trump Republican Party.

— Jay Conner, Novato