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I see where Donald Trump donated $1 million to help the people in Texas. How much did Nancy Pelosi and the Clintons give? They only want to give our money, the bleeding hearts. Don’t talk about Donald Trump anymore.

The person who thinks that Gen. Robert E. Lee created the confederac­y is totally misinforme­d. As secession began, Lee resigned his commission in the Union army to defend his home state of Virginia but took no political role serving as a military advisor to Confederat­e President Jefferson Davis. He did not even assume an active military role until a year later in 1862. An Informed Citizen

The media could not wait for the press conference to ask one question: How much did President Trump donate into the Harvey Relief Fund? They did not get the answer they wanted. It was $1 million. That must have caused a lot of rewrites to their stories they had written to blast him if he had not. I have a question: How much did Hillary Clinton donate into it from her millions she got from the Russians?

This is to Hawaiian Punch Party. The KKK supporting the Republican Party does not make the Republican Party racist and it doesn’t make the Democratic Party any less racist. In 1964, 81.5 percent of Republican­s voted in favor of the Civil Rights Act whereas less than 70 percent of Democrats did. No Snake Oil

In response to Concerned Senior Citizen, Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s heroic efforts to enforce the nation’s immigratio­n laws does not make his actions criminal. A political witch hunt resulted in a contempt of court decision. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1925 that a pardon in a contempt case was within the power of the executive branch. Also while a cancer diagnosis is regretful it is not an excuse for bad political decisions made by a sitting senator. Martha

This is to the black GMC that belongs to a fire company. I was going 50 through the Sanatoga constructi­on site and you passed me like a speeding bullet only for me to get behind you at the Limerick exit anyway. I don’t understand, please explain. If you do something where you’re saving lives, in other words belong to a fire company, why are you trying to kill us on the roads? I just don’t get it.

Come now lady Di, you need to take your head out of the clouds and open your eyes. Fact

The following is one of the best quotes I’ve heard regarding race relations in our country in a long time and I quote, “Black people who were never slaves are fighting white people who were never Nazis over a Confederat­e statue erected by Democrats because Democrats can’t stand their own history anymore and somehow it’s Trump’s fault.” Jim Dandy

The insanity is scary. The sanctuary cities are some of the most deadly cities in our country and they want to sue Sessions for upholding our laws. The anarchy in the streets is an overflow of the anarchy in our government. This sham of investigat­ion needs to come to the truth of the real collusion and corruption of the last administra­tion. And to the person who’s against Sound Off it is appreciate­d by many for much info and opinion. I say just turn the page brother. Lady Di

It’s bad enough that the heavily traveled streets in Pottstown are 25 mph namely High Street, Industrial Highway, Hanover Street, the speed limit on Route 724 from Parker Ford to Phoenixvil­le is 45 mph. The people that decide these speed limits need to find something else to keep their minds occupied like a hobby or something. They can’t give me a good enough reason why these speed limits are what they are. Accidents are preventabl­e if you pay attention to the road. Reedy

Concerning the gas situation, they said the gas is going to go up to about $2.50 a gallon. Where are they at? Gas was $2.51 before the storm ever came into Texas and they said it would go up about 5 to 15 cents a gallon. At a gas station in the area it went from $2.51 to $2.77 a gallon in 10 days. That’s over 30 cents a gallon raise.

Sound Off is a forum to spur dialogue from residents of the communitie­s we serve on topics of interest in those communitie­s. Fair game are comments that raise issues of note or amplify ongoing debates. We will not publish comments that are potentiall­y libelous, slanderous, mean-spirited, vulgar or inappropri­ate. Publicatio­ns of Sound Off comments are at the sole discretion of the publisher.

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