Having failed in the courts to overturn the election, President Trump and his legal team’s political nuclear option – get Republican-controlled state legislatures to ignore the vote for President-elect Joe Biden and send Trump’s slate of electors to the Electoral College instead – is also failing. Despite potential wiggle room for the Trump campaign under […]
Letters
Letters to the editor.
Letter to the editor: Saving lives means getting creative while staying factual
A reader urges Maine writers to craft ‘A COVID-19 Carol,’ in order to entertain us while conveying public health messages.
Letter to the editor: Democrats shouldn’t point fingers on accepting election results
Once again, the Press Herald Editorial crew has done a disservice to its subscribers with Tuesday’s (Nov. 24) Our View: “Republicans need to face facts on election” (Page A10). This after a four-year crusade by Democrats with false charges of Russian collusion, impeachment charges of abuse of power and obstruction of Congress, as well as […]
Letter to the editor: Who is defending our democracy?
Who is defending our democracy? I clearly see the thousands of voters who cast their ballots despite the risks of COVID-19; they certainly qualify. They did their part. The hardworking poll workers and ballot counters who took on the monumental task of carefully counting a record number of ballots given the challenges of the pandemic […]
Letter to the editor: Trump can’t dodge accountability for pandemic’s toll
There’s an old expression, “on his watch,” that we use to ascribe responsibility to persons in charge. On Sept. 11, 2001, four aircraft were hijacked by Saudi terrorists and crashed into the twin towers, the Pentagon and a Pennsylvania field, killing 2,977 people – an intelligence failure that occurred on George W. Bush’s watch, though […]
Letter to the editor: Mask refusal based on false concept of freedom
The larger good sometimes has to take precedence over individual rights, especially when lives are at risk.
Letter to the editor: A truly patriotic president would acknowledge defeat
I truly understand President Trump’s right to call for recounts, etc. in the states with close results. I don’t understand how a president of the USA can cast doubts on the election process. When he got elected, I read his book (“The Art of the Deal”) to try to understand his philosophy. I understand that […]
Letter to the editor: ‘Loser’ not the most accurate label for Trump
While President Trump detests being labeled “a loser,” the time has come to more accurately describe him, vis-a-vis his handling of the COVID-19 virus pandemic, as a “mass murderer.” Because of his failure to publicly acknowledge the severity of the disease, his failure to mount a coordinated federal response, his insistence that the pandemic is […]
Letter to the editor: Editorial’s headline misplaces blame for COVID inaction
The headline on the Press Herald editorial on Nov. 18 (“Our View: With COVID cases surging, Congress and Trump are failing the American people”) stated that “Congress” is failing Americans in these difficult times. The headline is objectively false. It is not “Congress” or “Washington” that is failing Americans. It is the president and his […]
Letter to the editor: Pandemic shows need for better Maine inmate advocacy
A public defender service would be better equipped to challenge jail conditions that have sickened dozens of people and killed one.