\u201cAmerica seeks liberty for the people of Venezuela\u201d (Jan. 8).<\/a> Donald Trump said many times he\u2019s doing it for the oil, and he\u2019s controlling the money. That is like letting a wolf into the hen house.<\/p>\nDeMarsh states that Maduro \u201coperates with impunity,\u201d \u201cdismantles a nation,\u201d \u201cenriches the ruling elite\u201d and \u201cexports instability across the hemisphere.\u201d How is that any different from Trump?<\/p>\n
I believe that Congress has nothing to do with checks and balances anymore. Lawmakers were not even briefed about the invasion until after the fact. DOGE, under Trump\u2019s direction, dismantled educational, social, consumer and civil rights institutions and facilities. In my opinion, his billionaire friends are the only ones profiting from his Big Bugly Bill. ICE is killing citizens in the street, and Trump lies about it. And how is attacking Venezuela with impunity any different from any other dictator plundering sovereign countries? Yes, Maduro is a bad man. So is Trump. What happened to America First?<\/p>\n
Americans cannot afford food, housing, insurance or health care. Illegal gerrymandering of districts and other shenanigans are proceeding at Trump\u2019s insistence. We have endured one constitutional crisis after another. Essays such as DeMarsh\u2019s are steeped in hypocrisy. However, I do agree with DeMarsh about one statement in his essay: Accountability is long overdue.<\/p>\n
Elizabeth Randall Lake Mary<\/p>\n
Impeachment isn\u2019t the answer<\/p>\n
In the continuing effort to \u201cflood the zone,\u201d Donald Trump found time to \u201cwarn\u201d that if he loses the House and\/or Senate, he believes he will be impeached, all the while knowing that this will never happen without breaking the filibuster. So this is nothing but bluster in order to appeal to those who react only to the anger he stokes with these nonsense statements. On the other hand, if the Democrats actually decide to waste time with such an action knowing full well that it will never pass the Senate, then they will be just as bad as the GOP party of inaction, when they could be using their dominance to actually get things done that won\u2019t require such a majority and tie up the government with this action only so that he can be labeled as a \u201cthree-time\u201d impeached president. That will get him as far as his 34 felony convictions. In other words, it means absolutely nothing but will be very costly. I honestly and truly hope this is not part of the agenda. If they keep playing tit for tat, well, we will never get out of this democracy death spiral.<\/p>\n
\u00a0Alex Jimenez Winter Park<\/p>\n
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