To stop Trump’s chaos, elect his critics

Manhattan: If you’re fed up with the state of the country, economy, cost of living, healthcare, wars, tariffs, ICE terror, corruption and unqualified, foolish decisions by those running our federal government, you must vote for any candidate running against a Republican.

Congressional Republicans under Speaker Mike Johnson have rubber-stamped or refused to challenge any decisions made by President Trump, thus enabling him. Some of them now say they “disagree with him on some issues.” Yet, they don’t say what they disagree with him on. Their past silence, votes and refusals to vote on the war with Iran and tariffs are enabling him to carry out reckless policies. They must all be voted out of office. Voters who allow Republicans to use differences within the Democratic Party as an excuse to vote Republican or to not vote at all will allow the continued enabling of this president for the next two years.

We can’t be deterred by the Joe McCarthy-style red-baiting or the falsehood that moderate Democrats are as bad as Republicans. As long as a candidate is against the president’s policies and will change course, that’s fine with me. The MAGA Republicans control the presidency and Supreme Court majority. As long as that continues, where will the separation of powers needed to block bad policies or to compromise come from?

Scarsdale, N.Y.: Trump has repeatedly said that he is not on the ballot in the upcoming midterm elections. Indeed he is not, but just remember that the spineless Republican majority House and Senate........

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