The recent New York City mayoral debate underscores the putrefied state of the Democratic Party (“Mayoral Race to the Bottom,” Editorial, June 8).

While correctly targeting ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo, the candidates each exposed themselves as leftist extremists and revealed their disgust for what previously made the Democratic Party an exemplar in American politics. It’s gone from a party that hailed religion, country and family to one that is now based on grievance, division and dependency.

The decline of New York City continues.

James McCaffrey

Yonkers

Hopefully, voters will heed The Post’s warnings that “anti-Trump performative politics loses ground on every front.”

The problem with the current group of candidates is that no one stands out as an individual thinker. The Democrats who debated last week seem to have forgotten that President Trump happens to be one........

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