Maybe the Trump faithful are just desensitized to his instability
Re “How low will Donald Trump go?” by Renée Graham (Opinion, Sept. 11): At this crucial time in our history, this question may not be answerable. When I first learned about negative numbers in junior high school, I understood to go to zero and then keep going downward.
After watching Tuesday night’s debate, it is unfathomable that any intelligent, thinking, caring person could ever believe that Trump is fit to be the president of the United States. Yet as Graham astutely pointed out, “familiarity hasn’t bred the universal contempt that Trump deserves.”
We worry that our teens become desensitized to violence when they play grisly shoot-’em-up video games. Nearly 50 percent of our citizens have become desensitized to Trump’s lunacy, instability, and malice by watching and reading far too many Trump diatribes — statements that would have been horrifying if uttered by any other politician in America.
Linda Calcagno Melchione
North Easton
Insistence on leaving abortion to the states is cruel policy
What should not be lost in the debate over abortion is that the crux of former president Donald Trump’s position — that abortion access should be left up to the states — leaves vulnerable citizens in a position of being unable to access reproductive health care due to geography, travel expense, time away from work, etc. Vice President Kamala Harris touched on this briefly in the debate, but the need for a universal, federal position on abortion that affects all states is clear. Put that front and center and Trump has no place to hide on the issue.
Paul Siegenthaler
Needham
On debate stage, Trump played to the other white guy in the room
I’m wondering if I alone noticed this during the presidential debate: While Vice President Kamala Harris generally addressed the American people, former president Donald Trump tended to speak directly to David Muir of ABC, one of the two moderators and the only other prominent white male in the room. Trump’s inability to engage with the two women of color — Linsey Davis was the other moderator — speaks volumes to me. Not to mention his inability to talk to the camera, to the people.
Karen Rossow
Princeton
IRS budget is another key issue in this race
The recent announcement that the Internal Revenue Service has collected nearly $1.3 billion in overdue taxes from wealthy households in the past year points out one more reason it is so important to vote for Kamala Harris for president. Donald Trump, who perhaps knows a thing or two about avoiding taxes, cut the IRS budget significantly during his term as president, which surely was in his own best interest as well as that of his wealthy supporters.
President Biden’s boost of the IRS budget in the Inflation Reduction Act shows the value of providing the agency with the funds needed to go after tax cheats. I’m confident that the funding dedicated to tax audits was below the amount recovered to date. It shows that the IRS budget should be increased further, since I’m sure the $1.3 billion is just the tip of the iceberg.
Robert Coyne
Lexington
A critical election, with the clearest of choices
In Jeff Jacoby’s column “The specious argument that Harris’s nomination was ‘undemocratic’ ” (Opinion, Sept. 11), he rightly attacks the argument that Kamala Harris’s nomination was “undemocratic” because of an absence of a primary. He then maintains that “there is no shortage of serious reasons to oppose” her campaign for the White House. I can’t imagine what they are, given the choice between a thoughtful, analytical candidate in Harris and a destructive, unhinged challenger in Trump. In my 60 years of voting for presidents, this election is the most critical for our democracy’s future.
Linda Weinstein
Dedham
One and done
I read Donald Trump’s explanations about why he won’t debate Kamala Harris again before Election Day. He could have given us the message using just one word: “Uncle!”
Barry Brodsky
Swampscott
The truth about cats and dogs
Donald Trump and his running mate, JD Vance, should have learned from Governor Kristi Noem of South Dakota: Don’t mess with pets.
William August
Cambridge
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