Trump’s complicity in shooting
Re: “Gunman kills five in attack at paper,” June 29 news story.
President Trump doesn’t need to pull the trigger. He aims the gun when he points to journalists and says they are the enemy.
Lou Bluestein, Centennial
This morning’s Denver Post report of the shooting at a newspaper office in Maryland leads with the implication that the killings are somehow caused by Donald Trump’s attack on “fake news.” It wasn’t until the very end of the article that you report that the actual reason for the shooting was because of an unrelated legal squabble the shooter had with that paper. So I conclude that President Trump is correct: more fake news.
Denny Cannon, Littleton
Justice Kennedy’s retirement
Re: “Justice Kennedy’s exit triggering epic battle,” June 28 news story.
Were one to think that the Supreme Court took a sharp turn to the right with the appointment of Neil Gorsuch (who is possibly more conservative than Antonin Scalia), just wait until President Trump gets to nominate another of that same conservative ilk. The tenor of the court will be altered, will remain that way for decades to come.
RC Lloyd, Longmont
Re: “If Hillary had become president,” June 29 letter to the editor
This letter-writer suggested that Hillary Clinton would now be in the process of appointing her second Supreme Court nominee, forgetting that President Obama legally and constitutionally nominated Merrick Garland, whose appointment was unconstitutionally blocked by the obstructionist action of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.
Republicans maintained their majority in the Senate following the 2016 election and it is safe to assume that the Senate would not have changed the filibuster rules for Supreme Court nominations, thus allowing the Republicans to continue with their lack of meaningful legislation and obstructionist tactics that had denied Americans a fully-functioning Supreme Court.
John Babcock, Wheat Ridge
In defense of Cuban community
Re: “Travel ban, justices shameful,” June 27 letter to the editor
I was very young during the Cuban revolution and takeover by Fidel Castro, but there are some important facts I do recall about that era, so I was somewhat disturbed by this letter.
While many Cubans risked their lives to come to America, none ever flew a plane into a major building, killing thousands of innocent Americans. None ever set off a bomb at a popular athletic event, maiming and killing innocent spectators.
The Cuban community contains hard-working folks who expressed gratitude for the privilege of living in this free country and having the opportunity to become American citizens.
I am grateful our government is intent on protecting us from groups who may or may not be terrorists in disguise, because we truly cannot tell the difference.
Diane Church, Grand Lake
Contributions of other cultures
Re: “Culture, coffee and caring,” June 29 standalone photo
A Page 2 photo in The Denver Post (about a dozen Ethiopian caregivers in traditional garb introducing seniors with dementia to their culture’s coffee-roasting ceremony) gives us additional insight as to the contributions that immigrants make to the health and vitality of our community and country.
Jeffrey Sandman, Centennial
