In his letter “America and Pa. need Donald Trump” (Sept. 12, TribLIVE), a gentleman from North Huntingdon attempts to persuade “Democrat(s) or Republican(s) who hate Donald Trump” to think otherwise. What this gentleman failed to do was construct any sort of an argument. He says “The Democrats and the media knew Donald Trump was a patriot” and that the media started to assassinate his character based on this.

The writer neither proves his assumption about Trump nor does he prove the alleged character assassination, which suggests it was the media who made Trump look bad and not his own actions.

The writer concludes his letter by stating Trump, Dr. Mehmet Oz and Sen. Doug Mastriano will “make (our) quality of life better,” but again he provides no evidence for this claim.

I understand that this is an opinion forum, but the fact that this letter met the standards for publication in this newspaper perplexes me. I did not think the Tribune-Review published garbage. Apparently, I was wrong.

Lee Bates

Highland Park

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