When voting, consider the whole issue, not just one issue.
The presidency is not just a man or a woman, but an individual, it is a whole. The team of qualified people chosen to support the president is important.
The unprecedented success of the current administration is due to this, to teamwork. The successes have been saving the economy and changing the course of the pandemic, rebuilding our infrastructure, committing to the fight against climate change, more people in work than at any time in our history, health insurance for more people than ever before, lower inflation, growing green energy, better off families financially, a historic expansion of benefits for veterans exposed to toxins, reduced inequality, a strong stock market, falling violent crime rates, strengthened national alliances and partnerships, the world coming together to support Ukraine. We have the best economy of my lifetime. Remember, corporate greed is not the economy.
Be aware of the inherent weakness of the Trump presidency, as he and much of his team are criminals. Trump’s campaign manager, deputy campaign manager, personal lawyer, chief strategist, national security advisor, trade advisor, foreign policy advisor, campaign rigger, and corporate CFO have been indicted, convicted, and/or imprisoned. Others have simply refused to return to a skeleton of the old team. Trump openly praises strong and brutal men despite the conflicts created: Rodrigo The Punisher Duterte (Philippines), Putin (Russia), Xi Big Daddy Jinping (China), Kim Jong Un (North Korea), Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi (Egypt), Recep Tayyip Erdogan (Turkey).
The survival of democracy and the future of our children and grandchildren is in our hands. The whole system is more important than any single issue. Vote blue, blue team, while we still can.
CAROL NOCHAJSKI, Wilson
Lying won't make America great
In last week’s presidential debate, Donald Trump described America as a nation terrorized by a wave of violent crime committed by immigrants. These statements are lies, period. Official FBI data, collected from police departments across the country, show that we saw a substantial increase in homicides in 2020, when Mr. Trump was president. Since Mr. Biden has been president, the homicide rate has leveled off; over the last two years, the rate has declined sharply.
Furthermore, research conducted by various institutions has repeatedly shown that immigrants commit far fewer crimes than citizens born in the United States. These are facts, they are public and anyone can verify them. Mr. Trump is aware of these facts and he has flat-out lied to the American public. Yes, he lied with conviction and vigor, but he lied.
Let me be absolutely clear: Mr. Trump has not only distorted facts or statistics, he has denied their existence; he has lied. No matter how often Mr. Trump or his accomplices repeat these lies, they remain lies. Reality does not change because Mr. Trump and his accomplices lie.
Problems like crime, immigration, fair taxation and economic policies will not be solved by lying. Mr. Trump has demonstrated that he does not have a grasp of fact-based reality.
President Joe Biden, with a cold and barely able to speak, demonstrated his mastery of fact-based reality. He also demonstrated his dedication and determination to improve the lives of the American people using fact-based reality, not fantasy.
Lying won't make America great.
WILLIAM FINE, Brockport
