Republicans’ reality show

Thanks to Mary McNamara for her portrait of the unseemly stew on display at the Republican National Convention [“RNC Enters Reality TV Realm,” July 21]. It’s a toxic brew of messages from social, fiscal and national security conservatives (along with soap opera actors, a golfer and reality television “celebrities”), of which Donald J. Trump is pleased to be stirring the unsavory pot. Ben Miles Huntington Beach Since Donald J. Trump suffers from a severe case of hubris, it is no surprise that the Republican convention resembles a reality show. Trump is consumed with self-promotion and craves the media spotlight like a moth to a flame. After Trump loses to Hillary Clinton, he can always call Sarah Palin, who knows a thing or two about manipulating the media. Phyllis Landis Ocean Hills