Letters to the Editor category, Page 223

A safe, effective and accessible covid-19 vaccine can help bring an end to today’s economic and health crisis — so our families are safe, so we can get back to work and live our lives again. But only if everyone has access to it. Despite largely being funded by public...

In her letter “Republicans don’t need to ‘get over it’ ” (Dec. 3, TribLIVE), Suzanne Wehrli calls the Mueller investigation and impeachment hoaxes, as do many President Trump supporters, who try to justify what Trump is doing now. It is disturbing to me to read this blatant untruth. The Mueller...

President Obama called my president, Donald Trump, “dangerous.” Trump created so many jobs, the unemployment rate was at an all-time low for Blacks, Hispanics and Asians. Dangerous. He got corporations to return to the United States, enabling more manufacturing jobs. What was it Obama said? Manufacturing jobs will never come...

Regarding the letter “We must oppose Pa. electric car fee bill” (Dec. 2, TribLIVE): Why not tax electric cars for using the road? If the next president kills the gas and oil industry, there will be no gas tax to fix the roads. Do you think the roads fix themselves?...

It’s pretty pathetic to think that we are going through a horrible pandemic and all that our “leader” can talk about is an election he says was stolen, even though nearly all bipartisan election officials say it was all legit. Do you think the Democrats would have lost any of...

Regarding the Philadelphia Inquirer article “Biden’s faith makes history without fanfare” (Nov. 29): How can President-elect Joe Biden claim to be a faithful Catholic when he advocates and promotes abortion rights, even for late-term abortions? Biden has stated he would reverse the Mexico City policy, which requires nongovernmental organizations to...

I recently had a troubling conversation with some of my neighbors in the East End. They described a sulfur smell permeating their homes, giving them headaches, making their throats hurt and even affecting their pets. I knew Allegheny County has an air pollution problem, but it was nonetheless alarming to...

Regarding the article “Joe Biden appeals for unity in Thanksgiving-eve address” (Nov. 25, TribLIVE): Some gall. What a charlatan. Liberals not once cooperated with President Trump, and now they want and expect something they weren’t willing to give. They showed their true colors when Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi...

As I watch the number of covid-19 cases and deaths spiral out of control, I wonder if I can find any bright spots. Well, eureka! I thought of two. The first: Despite President Trump’s apparent lack of intellect and moral fiber in dealing with the ongoing crisis, his golf game...

The writer of the letter “Timid state legislators” (Nov. 30, TribLIVE) stated, “I believe Gov. Tom Wolf and his secretary of State used the coronavirus as an excuse to liberalize our voting to give Joe Biden a distinct advantage in this election.” The current election law, Act 77, permitted mail-in...

When did we get to the point when a lawyer was denied his constitutional right to defend a client? The last time I read or heard anything like this was in the days of the Jim Crow South, where it was impossible for a Black man to defend himself. Philadelphia...

I watched a livestream of “The Nutcracker” as performed by the Westmoreland Ballet, accompanied by the Westmoreland Symphony Orchestra, and filmed in myriad locations throughout our area (“Westmoreland Ballet films ‘Nutcracker’ at iconic area locations,” Nov. 30, TribLIVE). It was magical! In this sad and scary year, with so much...

Even after the Supreme Court finds no fraud in his defeat, I’m sure Donald Trump will insist that there is no way Joe Biden got more votes than him. I think he believes this because he fires people who speak the truth. In my opinion, the Trump goggles distort reality....

Regarding Jim Raskovsky’s letter “The people have spoken on Trump” (Dec. 2, TribLIVE): The left constantly called President Trump a puppet for Putin, but when Trump mentions Biden getting rich dealing with China, the left gets upset. No credible person ever stepped forward and confirmed Trump called service member suckers...

You can’t change history. President Trump had a chance to leave office with a little grace and dignity. But no, he refuses to follow protocol and the laws of the land. So now I think his “legacy” will be that he was the most inept president in U.S. history. His...

So, if they are the “faithful,” then… ? On the front page of the Nov. 27 print edition, you featured an Associated Press article highlighting the Supreme Court’s split decision against covid-19 attendance limits for religious worshipers in New York (“High court blocks N.Y. coronavirus limits on houses of worship,”...

When covid-19 hit and shut schools and life down in mid March, it was a shock to all of us. My children were very much missing friends, family and “the normal.” From the time I was a baby, I spent my summers at Sylvan Park in Natrona Heights. I have...

The so-called president-elect has been congratulated by the pope, even though he is on the books as pro-abortion rights up to birth. He also has a day one promise to fund Planned Parenthood and reverse many of President Trump’s pro-life efforts. The media is billing him as the first Catholic...

I am wondering why schools are being shuttered because a few students have either tested positive or come down with what is supposed to be covid-19. When I was young and in school, the children who came down with measles, chicken pox, polio, the flu, colds, mononucleosis or any other...

To the people of the United States: Let me get this straight. You voted out a president who gave us the best economy we’ve had in 50 years and you elected someone who I believe is a communist and socialist who hasn’t done anything in the 47 years he’s been...

When it was determined that American presidents would be inaugurated on Jan. 20 of the year following an early November election, could anyone have envisioned that some day, a vengeful leader who lost would repeatedly assert that he had won, desperately seek one plot after another to cheat and disenfranchise...

Oh, by all means, Ron Giuliana, let’s “Give Biden a chance” (Nov. 29, TribLIVE). Let’s give him the same chance that the Democrats gave President Trump when he was elected. Let’s begin immediately forming plans to spend the next three years of his presidency doing everything we can to impeach...

2020 has been quite the year, Less celebration and a lot more fear, A new enemy is among us Invisible to the eye, As if it literally dropped from the sky. Covid is all around us, it is very real, It is not a hoax, it is the real deal....

In her letter “Biden against death penalty, but not abortion?” (Nov. 30, TribLIVE), Michele M. Lucas proclaims the president-elect supports abortions but does not support capital punishment. As a practicing Catholic, Joe Biden is supposed to support life, from conception to natural death. He has noted this often. But as...

To answer Paul Kengor’s question at the end of his column “Is Western Pa. home to a new Republican coalition?” (Nov. 27, TribLIVE), about whether the GOP can keep the “Reagan Democrats” voting for American values: I don’t think the Republicans can keep those voters and others who hold those...