Joe Mathews says California needs help against fascists and mentions the Trump administration. On what basis are they fascists? Instead, California must change and accept the will of the people, not what the bureaucrats tell us we should want.
More than 75 million Americans voted for Trump, putting Republicans in control of Congress, both houses. Are they all fascists? They voted in response to the disastrous consequences facing the American public as a result of the Democratic administration’s current policies
Comparing the Trump administration and those who voted for them to Hitler and Mussolini, which are included under the definition of fascism, is ugly and untrue. My husband lived in Nazi Germany and knows fascism firsthand. Mr. Matthews does not understand what fascism is.
This is still a government of, by and for the people. And the people have spoken. Don’t we all have the same goal: to make life better for all of us, to be safe, healthy and happy and to have work available for everyone? That cannot happen if people like Mr. Mathews continue with the divisiveness, angry tone and hateful, baseless comments. How about we take a breath, stop the rhetoric, the anger and the hate and try to listen and give it a chance. You might actually like it better, even for California.
Marilyn Loewy, Palm Desert
Democrats need to drop the name-calling of young people
In the wake of the electoral landslide and Donald Trump’s election victory, Democrats and their supporters in the mainstream media have chosen to blame many on their side, but have left much of their real anger about the outcome to those who supported Trump.
Nearly 76 million voters for Trump have been called deplorables, trash talkers, racists, misogynists, homophobic, xenophobic, anti-trans and the like. Our candidate is described as Hitler-like, fascist and dictatorial.
But as always, people vote for the candidate they think will address their most important concerns. These concerns can generally be described as a candidate’s policies. In 2024, voters were concerned about illegal immigration, rising inflation and crime, homelessness, military activity abroad and our crippling national debt.
Only one candidate has adequately addressed these concerns: Donald Trump.
If Democrats really want to attract voters in the future, it’s time for them to focus on their own policy solutions and ditch all that childish name-calling.
Paul Forrest, La Quinta
A major setback for our democracy
Election night was certainly a blow to all of us who wanted to see Vice President Kamala Harris, the first woman and the first Black woman to become the 47th.e president of our United States. Instead, we ended up with the disastrous Donald Trump again. I don’t believe Kamala ran a bad campaign, nor that President Biden was to blame. What does this say about Americans?
My feeling is who we are as a racist nation. As I have said in previous articles: “It’s not the economy, it’s Trump.” Trump and his vile messages of mass deportation of immigrants and separating families from every city is what his supporters heard and wanted. The ugliness of who we are has put Donald Trump back at 47e president. Right-wing social media’s truth crises broke down and spread misinformation about the truth with far-right talking points from FOX News and Elon Musk’s social media platform. Trump is simply anti-everything that is good in our country. So now we wait to see if Trump will keep his promises to his MAGA supporters. Ultimately, I believe we will all see that they have been deceived again.
Roxie Bivinetto, Palm Desert
What do we Democrats do now?
We have lost. The Democrats suffered major losses in the recent elections. Funk has campaigned for national and local Democrats. In Riverside County, both Congressman Dr. Raul Ruiz (25th Congressional District) and Riverside Congressman Mark Takano (39th Congressional District) – both popular, smart and highly competent Democrats – happily re-elected. Other major partisan races fell short for Democrats locally, some by narrow margins. To be fair to local Democrats, the Coachella Valley is a unique political animal because of the redistricting that made the valley vulnerable to higher Republican registrations in part of San Bernardino and the West. district areas. That may have been the Republicans’ preference. Of course, I can’t speak for all Democrats, nor can I speak for the many dedicated Democratic clubs in the Coachella Valley. But I am confident that Democrats will do what we can to protect and help when (1) the economy slumps, prices go from retreating to rising, and slap us all in the face with Donald Trump’s tariff plans (2 ) the fear becomes real as communities are torn apart by migrant and immigration debacles, and we especially lose critical workers in our agricultural and hospitality industries. (3) terrible, Republican attacks on our trans and LGBTQ communities and the continued attacks on women’s health care escalate, and (4) when health care crisis after crisis will arise as people shockingly realize that Affordable Health Care Act is gone and pre-existing conditions will mean no more coverage, and (5) our environmental protections will become weak or eliminated, among other things.Rob Westwood, Rancho Mirage
This article originally appeared on the Palm Springs Desert Sun: Letters: This is still a government of the people and for the people
