If Democrats can’t learn from Trump’s win, democracy may be doomed
Democratic Party mouthpiece Van Jones recently stated, “We’re the idiots. We lost. So we have to go back in the locker room and we have to sit down and figure out how in the hell did we get beat.”
Democratic leadership need not invest too much time figuring that out. The majority of voters did not focus on medical costs for the elderly or investment in infrastructure or reproductive rights. Instead, they saw funding for prison inmates to have sex-change operations. They saw an ever-growing homeless population, safe houses for drug addicts on the taxpayer dollar, and a border situation totally out of control. For many, despite the DOGE chainsaw, despite the blatant antagonism of allies, the voters believed drastic measures needed to be taken. Disaster-in-the-making or not, Americans cried out for action. Well, President Donald Trump has delivered.
If the Democrats in that locker room can’t figure this out, they might as well stay in there. Game over. Trump has said there won’t be a need to vote next time, and we need to take the man at his word. Barring an unmitigated disaster on the geopolitical playing field, Trump’s youthful cabinet will not be going away anytime soon even if Trump chooses to bow out next election. With a Republican thumb on the Supreme Court, their control of the House and Senate, and efforts to shut down various media outlets, the real loser will not be the Democrats; it will be democracy.
Bob Giusto, Lakewood
The messes left by the liberals
Re: “Readers react to shocking Oval Office meeting,” March 5 letters to the editor
This state is a mess! You can’t drive to the mountains unless you enjoy traffic jams, can’t enter a national park without a reservation, and can’t camp without a reservation. If you are young, you can’t buy a house; if you are old, you can’t afford to eat out at a restaurant.
If you go into Denver you see dirty streets and construction zones with no work going on, and yet, people continue to vote in liberals with their own agendas to spend money on pet projects. How about more warfare on guns or letting young men compete against girls? Liberal priorities and policies have failed this state.
Then, you publish these “outrage” letters about Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Fun to read. I guess these outraged writers enjoy a war continuing so more people die and we can spend billions more money we don’t have ($36 trillion in debt). The Dems hatred of President Donald Trump is a real danger to our country.
Jack Inderwish, Aurora
You, too, are on the federal payroll, Rep. Greene
Rep. Majorie Taylor Greene stated federal employees do not deserve their paychecks, in part because they do not produce federal revenue. This applies to the House of Representatives, the U.S. Senate and the president and his cabinet. Using this logic, all of these people should resign or, at a minimum, not be paid. Rep. Greene should be a leader, follow her own logic and relinquish her job ASAP.
Robert Duncan, Denver
Polis’s mandates are fighting climate change
Re: “Polis’ energy mandates will make heating and cooling costs skyrocket in Colorado,” Feb. 23 commentary
The commentary on energy costs due to Gov. Jared Polis’ mandates ignores the very reason for the mandates: climate change.
The majority of Americans believe that the climate is changing, humans are the primary cause, and many agree that fossil fuels are the primary cause. We are witnessing climate change, with worldwide increased temperatures, storm and fire occurrence and intensity, and drought. All of the sources cited in the commentary are connected to the oil and gas industry, such as PetroNerds (note that name) and the Common Sense Institute (if you look them up, they are hardly non-partisan).
Coal use is rapidly declining due to emissions. While natural gas (methane) will be in use for some time as a backup, it has significant emissions. An MIT study finds that fossil fuel facilities kill many more birds than wind per unit of energy generation.
Marc Alston, Denver
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