Letter to the editor: Let's get serious about our problems

When is it time we can be done with this? People put up billboards with harmful messaging that is influential and may be effective enough to encourage harm. The Republican Party of Fayette County puts congresswomen’s faces on dartboards, believing it’s funny to use their pictures as targets at the county fair (“Dartboard with faces of 4 congresswomen sparks controversy at Fayette County Fair.” ) President Trump’s continued selecting of unqualified individuals for important government positions because they are big donors or feed his ego with compliments.

Let’s get back to the seriousness of the world’s problems, issues like climate change, gun control, job losses due to automation and health care people can afford. There are proposals passed by the House to deal with these issues, but they lay on the Senate leader’s desk, never to be brought to a vote.

As for our elected officials: Sen. Pat Toomey’s cowardly silence on banning assault-style weapons is unthinkable. Our newly elected Guy Reschenthaler, who earned an “A” from the NRA, falls lock-step into the conservative mold, ignoring the obvious obstruction of justice by Trump (“Mueller show’s over; it’s time to move on.”) Reschenthaler calling Mueller’s report anti-American, therefore calling Mueller anti-American, is disgraceful. Reschenthaler would be lucky to have such a reputation.

Frank Flori

Hempfield