The Media’s Latest Tantrum: The Donald’s Dumb Joke
THE ISSUE: Donald Trump’s comment that the Russians should find Hillary Clinton’s missing e-mails.
Why are the Democrats getting so worked up over Donald Trump’s remarks about Russia hacking Clinton’s “lost” e-mails (“Kerfuffle Over Czar Wars,” July 28)?
One would think that Clinton would want them discovered in order to prove she sent 30,000 e-mails about yoga classes and her daughter’s wedding. Ron Perri Metuchen, NJ
It’s beyond comprehension how anybody can believe that if the Democratic National Committees e-mails were hacked, Hillary Clinton’s private e-mail server wasn’t hacked, too.
Experts and the FBI have said Clinton’s email server was very vulnerable to attacks.
There’s little question in anybody’s mind that Russia, China and other adversaries had access to top-secret information because of this. Al Dilascia Chicopee, Mass.
How absurd: Democrats are calling Trump “treasonous” for his tonguein-cheek remarks.
Trump was actually throwing digs at the liberal media standing in front of him. All he did was sarcastically suggest that he’d be happy if the missing e-mails turned up. That’s the last thing the Clintons or the media want.
How could Russia even break into a server that doesn’t even exist anymore to steal deleted e-mails? Bob Curth Cortlandt Manor
If Mike Pence has any integrity, he’ll resign as Trump’s running mate so Trump can pick Vladimir Putin instead. Gary Schwartz Fort Lee, NJ
I had a good laugh after the Russian hackers released thousands of the DNC’s anti-Bernie Sanders e-mails. This gave DNC officials a black eye.
Trump took heat when he jokingly invited the Russians to release the thousands of e-mails Hillary erased.
The chilling thought is that if the Russians do so, it proves that many foreign governments have the ability to get information, secret or not, and use it against our country. Robert Lobenstein Brooklyn
The liberal media are trying to make a mountain out of a mole hill.
Melania Trump’s supposed plagiarism was a non-story, and so is Trump asking Russia to find Hillary’s missing emails.
Believe me, I’d estimate 80 percent of Americans would like to see those deleted emails as well. John Van Acken Bellerose
How could it be “encouraging espionage” or a “national security issue” if the 30,000 de- leted e-mails were only about Clinton’s personal business like yoga classes, Chelsea Clinton’s wedding and her mother’s funeral? Dwayne Keith Tampa, Fla.
The spin is on: Instead of going after outgoing DNC Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz and other Democratic head honchos, the media has stepped in for Hillary’s campaign to divert attention away from the DNC and blamed the Russians.
Nice try, but even Bernie supporters aren’t buying that — and they buy everything. Sal Giarratani Boston, Mass.
The fact that newspapers felt the need to blame Trump in connection with the hacking of the DNC, but not scold the DNC for a biased nomination process rigged against Bernie the entire time, proves that they’re completely irrelevant.
If Hillary’s e-mails are released and show she took money as bribes, who are the papers going to blame? Peter Provenzale Somerset, NJ.