To the Editor,
As Democrats, Independents, and plenty of disenchanted Republicans are being chided for not accepting the fumbles, foibles, and follies of the new administration and “not giving Trump a chance”, Col. Gudmunson wants us to believe “We dodged a bullet” by not electing Hillary Clinton. Wow. The new reality for many Americans is living in constant fear of what bomb will be dropped next on our values, our rights, our security, and our neighbors.
Maybe it’s Col. Gudmundson who hasn’t accepted the results of the election, since his February 13 commentary went on and on about Hillary Clinton. He claims that “overt bias and consequent influence” by domestic media in favor of Clinton was a “greater scandal” than intentional Russian interference in the U.S. election that favored Trump. Really? Wow again.
I don’t know what media he reads, watches, or listens to, but there was clearly an overabundance of ink and airtime devoted to the antics of the Republican nominee, while coverage of the Democratic Party candidate repeated the lies and unsubstantiated allegations put out by the likes of FOX news and regurgitated by its minions.
He says that “her use of a private email server clearly undermined and damaged our country’s security” and was “criminal.” According to Newsweek, though, “senior staffers in the Trump administration are using a private RNC email server. The same email server used by the Bush administration that claimed it lost 22 million emails.” Seems the Colonel is more concerned about a former Secretary of State and losing candidate than he is about the current White House occupants.
As The Washington Post puts it: “Republicans railed against Clinton’s ‘extremely careless’ behavior. Now they’ve got a Trump Problem.”
LuAnn Wilcox
Lanesboro, MN