Trump’s address

The letters March 9 berating the Democrats for actions taken by President Trump’s address to Congress are ridiculous. How quick we forget the Republican who yelled out “You lie!” during President Obama’s speech in those hallowed halls. And more recently the heckling of President Biden numerous times by those great stateswomen Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert. And lastly, the cynical use of a young cancer survivor as a prop when Trump and his henchman, Elon Musk, are busy destroying the departments that are working on cures for childhood cancers is pretty disgusting.

— Janet Cerswell, Alta Loma

Rafael Perez and the truth

In his Sunday March 9 column, Rafael Perez accuses Donald Trump of lying his way through the recent address.

May I suggest that it is he, Mr. Perez, who filters Trump’s words with his own political bias and not with a critical analysis of the facts. Between the articles of Mr. Perez and the biased reporting in AP articles utilized by this newspaper, it’s become a challenge to find the truth.

Fortunately, more and more Americans have learned to search for the facts and make a determination about what is fantasy and reality in 2025.

— Michael Wilson, Huntington Beach

Facts or opinion

Raphael Perez reminds me why I struggled with philosophy professors during my 33-year tenure in academia. Facts and logic are incorrect if they don’t agree with their opinion and Mr. Perez demonstrated this very clearly in his March 9 op-ed.

He claims Trump was lying because the statistics he offered on absurd numbers of very old people on Social Security databases were not consistent with numbers on payouts.

Whether they are receiving money or not, Mr. Perez needs to recognize that databases do not maintain themselves for free, so why would we waste money on irrelevant data. Oh, but that’s right ... those numbers aren’t real because Trump lies, and Biden was perfectly fit for another term.

Mr. Perez also states that several cabinet members are unfit for their positions yet offers no information to support this claim. Mr. Perez is entitled to his opinion but false claims (I love how often AP uses that term) that they are based on facts is just typical for a philosopher.

— Tim Woodington, Glendora