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When silence becomes complicity

Sen. Dave McCormick’s response to the killings in Minneapolis is not just inadequate — it is indefensible. Two innocent people were killed by federal agents in broad daylight. They were not suspects, not aggressors, not threats. Video footage, viewed by millions, shows no imminent danger and no justification for lethal force. Yet instead of demanding accountability, Sen. McCormick rushed to defend ICE and redirect scrutiny away from the agents involved. That choice matters. The senator cites dramatic increases in assaults and threats against ICE officers as if those numbers exist ...

Not for this

My late father and uncles enlisted to fight in World War II, returning home humbled by the sacrifices of their fellow soldiers, pilots, and sailors. They held a steely pride in the United States’ ideals and democratic government. They would never have accepted the abusive actions and hypocrisy of President Trump, actions which clearly contradict long-held, and hard-won, American values. They would have been outraged at the militarized seizure of non-violent immigrants in our streets by masked, unidentifiable agents, or the use of life-endangering, inhumane prisons where detainees are ...

Lawless

This country is definitely at a turning point; turning unfortunately in the wrong direction. The liberal lawlessness and lack of support for our brave and dedicated law enforcement personnel have gotten out of hand. Criminal assault and attempts to injure or kill our law enforcement officers has the support and consent of liberal mayors and governors. These attacks upon our dedicated public servants who are sworn to uphold the law and protect the safety of all regardless of political persuasion, only to be spit on, attacked and face possible injury or death while performing their sworn ...

Theatrics

I watched several hours of the House Judiciary Committee hearing with Special Prosecutor Jack Smith on Thursday, January 22. Every Republican I saw wore a self-satisfied smirk, dripping disdain and contempt for the truth. Their only interest was character assassination of Jack Smith. Most of them who asked Smith questions interrupted when he tried to answer. Many were careful to end their comments with exaggerations, hints, insinuations, and innuendos just as their time expired, giving Smith no opportunity to clarify or defend himself, and making certain that THEIR assumptions were ...

A paradox

How is it that the liberal protesters in Minneapolis can protect, physically defend and decry the arrests of rapist, child molesters, murderers, extortionist, human traffickers and all sorts of criminals who are here illegally, who resist arrest and even attacking with deadly force the officers arresting them. And yet most of those protesters would probably say it is alright to kill millions of innocent people through abortion because of an inconvenient pregnancy? Why don’t they protest those murders also? DANIEL J. TUCKER Ulysses Submitted by Virtual Newsroom

Grow up

This is response to that disgusting letter titled “Un-United States” in this column in a recent edition. This whole business of rioting by those left-wing lunatics in the formerly great state of Minnesota and elsewhere in the country is occurring only because of the extreme incompetence of the Biden administration allowing a massive influx of illegal immigration which included pushers of dangerous drugs killing Americans, child traffickers, thieves, murderers, rapists, and God knows what else. ICE law endorsement officers are there doing their patriotic duty by fighting this evil ...