Leaders cannot lack integrity

Shouldn’t one of the minimum requirements to hold the highest office in this nation be acting with integrity and honesty, and a strong sense of fairness, justice and respect of individuals, groups and communities?

We know former President Donald Trump is not a principled person, for he’s already been adjudicated as a sexual assaulter, defamer and tax fraud, and has four indictments and 91 criminal charges pending against him. Trump is a narcissist, and one of the characteristics of a narcissist is a sense of entitlement combined with a lack of empathy, making them ripe for taking advantage of people.

While this alone portends a dangerous second presidency for Trump, an additional danger lies with the many unprincipled congressional Republicans, beginning with Senate Minority Leader Mitch Mcconnell, R-KY., who recently endorsed Trump. Yes, the same Mcconnell who within a day of the Jan. 6 insurrection said of Trump, “If this isn’t impeachable, I don’t know what is.”

In addition, House Republicans at Trump’s request killed long-sought immigration and border reform legislation simply so Trump could campaign on those issues.

When we consider the razorthin majority of Democrats in the Senate and their minority in the House, one shudders to think of the damage Trump and the unprincipled members of the Party of No could do in a second Trump presidency.

Principles like integrity, honesty, justice and fairness count. Vote for President Joe Biden and vote out congressional members of the Party of No.

Tom Harper, Henderson