Our own homegrown Ayatollah

Editor: Imagine America being led by an Ayatollah. He would try and stay in power by any means necessary and have followers storm the Capitol to intimidate electors and then pardon them for their crimes. He would have his FBI seize votes in cities like Atlanta so in the future mid-terms he can make sure they find 11,000 votes so his party wins in gerrymandered states. He would be able to start wars with no congressional approval, be able to have people who protest his policies shot in the streets and call them terrorists with no investigation.

His ICE agents could arrest people, without warrants, and send them to concentration camp-like jails.

He could have people like Kimmel and Colbert fired for making fun of him, have billionaire friends buy networks like CBS and CNN so they can silence reporters. He would give two-hour long State of the Union speeches and call his political rivals “sick people” when they don’t applaud him.

He would threaten neighbors like Cuba, Mexico and Greenland. and force regime change. He could raise tariffs on our trading partners and when they are ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, mostly made up of his allies, he wouldn’t have to listen, claiming he can commit any crime while president because that Supreme Court said so.

He would invite the mens gold-medal hockey team to the White House and half-heartedly the womens because under the Ayatollah women aren’t equal.

Finally, when Congress does an investiagion of a billionaire pedophile friend that he has had many dealings with, he will have his political enemies called to testify, but not himself, with heavily redacted files and his toady FBI and Attorney General doing the investigations. Isn’t it great we are led by Trump and not an Ayatollah?

— Gregory Dick, Jessup

Democrats refuse to acknowledge Trump’s successes

Editor: Once again, the Democrats show their lack of pride in this country, their lack of empathy for victims of violent crimes and their total disdain for Americans in general. They acted like petulant children by either boycotting the State of the Union Address or holding rallies. They are disrespectful. They refuse to accept that America is on the right course. We are so much stronger and safer than we were just a year ago. Prices are going down, crime is going down and people are generally happier.

I truly hope that Democratic voters will finally open their eyes and see their “leaders” for what they are; corrupt liars who only care about themselves. They complain about practically everything without offering any viable solutions. It’s what they do, what they have always done and who they are.

As an aside, New Yorkers deserve what they get with Mamdani. The whole world warned them what would happen if they voted him in and they didn’t listen. Now he wants to raise taxes for everyone, make you show two forms of ID for the privilege of shoveling snow, and his party says you don’t need ID to vote. He didn’t care when homeless people died in the frigid weather and he cares nothing for the common man. He needs to be impeached/repealed before it’s too late.

Thank God for Donald Trump, his Cabinet, and the right-thinking Americans who continue to fight for the betterment of America and all of its citizens. Republicans, Democrats, Independents, and everyone else who choose to live in the greatest country on Earth. There is strength in unity and it’s past time that we all start working together instead of being petty children.

— Dan Bott, Hazleton

ICE is cleaning up last administration’s mess

Editor: Last administration, immigrants came in not according to our present rules of law. They were not vetted, putting us in harm’s way, plus the countries they came from did not send a list of the bad people to ICE, so how is ICE supposed to go after bad people if they don’t know who they are?

People are saying that they are targeting people of color. If you remember the TV news media showing the people coming into the U.S.A., how many people of non-color did you see? That is why they are going to our communities because of the failure of not vetting the people, which means they come across good people and bad people. Check to see who is a citizen and who is supposed to be here legally with the proper paperwork. If they do not fall on any of those lists good or bad, according to our present laws they should not be here.

Don’t worry. When the Democrats get a majority in Congress they will do away with all of the Executive Orders from the present administration, eliminate ICE. (which should make us feel really safe), and have open borders (which will bring in good and bad people). Now you know why ICE is going after people because of the failure of not vetting them when they came in Illegally. I am all for legal immigration like my great-grandparents did at Ellis Island and became naturalized citizens, which the present illegals will not do.Go by our present laws or not — you decide. Read and understand this when it comes time to vote, you decide what I stated. A country without laws and borders is not a country.

— Edward Bickowski, Shenandoah