Trump’s enablers are on the ballot Nov. 3

Fishkill, N.Y.: President Trump could not have done all this damage by himself! He had enabling, do-nothing, potted-plant congressional Republicans who championed his disastrous ideas or who buried their embarrassment with inexcusable “I didn’t really think he would do that” explanations. Either way, they are all culpable for the mess Trump has made of our economy, of our national security, of our standing in the world, of our justice system and of our health.

New Yorkers can not do anything about all the cheating that Trump’s gang has used in other states, like mid-decade gerrymandering or attempts to destroy mail-in voting options, but we don’t have to put up with it here. No New York Republican potted plant deserves to be elected to represent this great state. We need more leaders with principles, not more vegetation.

The GOP is running Rep. Mike Lawler in the 17th congressional district and challenger Jackie Auringer in the 18th. But we have the opportunity instead to elect two West Point graduates, Army officers and combat veterans to represent the Mid-Hudson Valley. “Duty, honor, country” is not just a slogan to them. It is their core belief. Cait Conley and Rep. Pat Ryan are the perfect duo to represent the Mid-Hudson Valley.

Potted plants like Lawler and Auringer belong in greenhouses, not in Congress. New Yorkers deserve real leaders, and we have an opportunity to choose them on Nov. 3.

Howard Beach: First, Trump agrees to buy diesel oil from Russia, enabling them to have the money to continue their war with Ukraine. Now, Trump has put a hold on the order he signed to put additional sanctions on Russia. Either........

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