Democrats should appeal to Christians
For too long, the Democrats have seemingly written off the South in general and the Christian community in particular. This neglect has reached the point, if my social media feeds are to be believed, that young people are growing up thinking that if they’re Christian, they have to be Republican.
The Democrats need to swing hard and hit the Republicans squarely in the Testaments, Old and New. Point out the gap between the moral positions they claim to hold and the un-Christian, un-Biblical platforms they promote. Give more of the Christian faithful reasons to doubt their allegiance to the Republicans and more reasons to vote for you. Drive a wedge. Divide and conquer.
For the record, I’m a moderate Christian conservative who’s appalled at what the Republicans are trying to do.
MICHAEL ROBERTS, POWDER SPRINGS
Pitts’ hatred is calling card of left
I’m a lifelong Democrat and did not vote for President Trump, but I’m becoming increasingly disturbed by the growing irrationality and hysteria of the anti-Trump left, including the media.
Leonard Pitts Jr.’s May 28 column is a case in point. In it, he complained that Trump supporters turned a blind eye to incriminating “facts.” But in his article, Pitts doesn’t give one example of a hard fact.
Respectfully, I’ll give you a few facts. Both former DNI Clapper and former CIA Director Bremmer testified under oath in open congressional hearings that there was “no evidence of Russian collusion” with Trump associates. Additionally, acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe testified that the FBI could not find any evidence of collusion and that the firing of Comey did not affect the ongoing investigation.
Rumor and innuendo are not facts. Neither are name-calling and vulgar expressions of hate. Unfortunately, these are the calling cards of today’s left.
JAY POLIS, FAYETTEVILLE
White House should not respond to stories
The White House should institute a policy in which it does not respond to stories based on anonymous sources. Reporters have used the cover of “anonymous sources” to publish false stories about President Trump and the White House. Individuals have released national security information (such as information about the Manchester bombing) that should remain confidential. The White House policy would accomplish two goals. First, it would reduce the number of false stories. White House denials often add credence to stories, and, if the White House does not comment, the reports will likely not gain much traction in the media. Second, this new policy would limit the number of White House leaks. Leakers release information to embarrass the White House and/or gain personal power. If leakers know that the stories will gain little traction, they will lose their incentive to leak. Ultimately, the country will be safer without the leaks, the Trump administration can focus on the areas for which it was elected, and news stories based on anonymous sources will have to become more trustworthy and accurately sourced.
MICHAEL B. ABRAMSON, ATLANTA
Proposed budget is cruel, callous
I have read various political articles, op-ed pieces, and letters in the AJC recently and I am appalled at the tone being taken by many conservatives toward their fellow Americans, especially those who are less fortunate than themselves. Their proposed budget and their health care bill are cruel, callous, and devoid of any compassion. Shredding the social safety net and depriving many millions of people of health care in order to fulfill an ideological dream is disturbing and ignores several of the goals for our country that are enumerated in the Preamble to the Constitution.
Republicans like to tout their conservative values as a badge of honor but after reading their plans and listening to their negative and fearful rhetoric, I have to wonder why conservatives claim to love America but clearly despise many Americans.
MIKE HAREMSKI, TUCKER
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