Heavy-handed Flip-flopper

Clearwater, Fla.: Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson is to be commended for his veto of the controversial health-care bill that banned transgender youth medical treatment. This was an especially courageous move for the Republican governor. But the decision of the state legislature to override Hutchinson’s veto is indeed a vast overreach of the government. Interfering with the health care and welfare of transgender youths is much like interfering with a woman’s right to choose an abortion. No one should be denied the opportunity to live a more well-adjusted life. If Hutchinson’s veto would have spared one suicide, it would have been worth its weight in gold. For a party that claims to be for less interference, the Republicans have done the exact opposite by extending the long arm of government. JoAnn Lee Frank

Bronx: When the U.S. Supreme Court was deliberating the case known as Citizens United vs.

Federal Election Commission in 2010, Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky joined the FEC in an amicus curiae brief maintaining that corporate monetary contributions to politicians and political parties are a form of speech. McConnell, now the Senate minority leader, continues to encourage corporations to donate to politicians and political parties, but he has condemned another form of corporate speech: the public criticisms by various corporate CEOs of Georgia’s voter suppression efforts. Such “interference” in politics, according to McConnell, is “stupid.” Does he really want us to believe that the money corporations have given him through the years has nothing to do with politics? His hypocrisy and chutzpah are truly breathtaking, as is his apparent belief that all of us are stupid enough to agree with him.

Miriam Levine Helbok mess. Carrie Underwood is doing an ad showing her working out, hawking her workout line — a waste of money because there’s nothing wrong with working out in shorts/ sweats and a t-shirt. Sherri Rosen