Gardner isn’t doing enough
Re: “Gardner’s bill is tough on Trump,” July 20 editorial
Sen. Cory Gardner is insipid, at best. His words are always carefully chosen and, if challenged, their intent open to “spinning” to his own advantage. No surprise here he didn’t call President Donald Trump out by name. The legislation he has proposed is weak, not tough; it’s simply more wordsmithing. Gardner is certainly not the only politician I take issue with, but I don’t see The Denver Post championing anyone else like you champion Gardner.
If it walks like a traitor, and talks like a traitor, and acts like a traitor ... it is a traitor. Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were executed on a basis of far less evidence than is had on Trump and many in his administration. Besides being in agreement with the actions recommended in the editorial of July 19, I believe there are many more actions that can and should be taken against Trump to keep him from destroying the U.S.
If our leader doesn’t support any swift, significant pushback against Russian meddling, our votes aren’t worth much. Suzanne Gagnon, Lakewood
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What Gardener and other Republicans should be doing is openly condemning the remarks that Trump made about our intelligence agencies and strongly objecting to Trump’s veneration of Putin. As The Post said in its editorial, if a Democratic president spoke and acted that way, Republicans would be calling for his head on a platter. Robert H. Moulton III, Commerce City
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Your editorial lauding Gardner for being “tough” on Trump rings hollow. As with nearly all Republicans, Gardner instead of standing up to Trump on substance and principle, has become a coward, afraid to confront him on major issues such as the economy, trade, environment, value of a free press, national security, and the credibility of our justice system, to say nothing of Trump’s strange affection for autocrats and dictators. Gardner needs to ask himself if he is for Trump or if he is for the United States of America. At present those options are mutually exclusive, and it becomes more obvious each day that one cannot be for both. Ira Joseph, Colorado Springs