Oct. 21, 2025 6 AM PT
To the editor: President Trump, commuting the sentence of former Rep. George Santos indicators that there isn’t a depth to which you would possibly sink, no corruption so egregious, no absence of any normal of decency and honesty that Trump is not going to overlook in alternate for private loyalty or just voting Republican (“Trump commutes sentence of GOP former Rep. George Santos in federal fraud case,” Oct. 17).
We have now two events right here telling two completely different tales about what is occurring in our nation, and just one is telling the reality. To anybody nonetheless questioning, this could make it plain. Trump seemingly cares solely about accruing extra energy and wealth, and is completely completely happy to shred our democracy and Structure within the course of.
Steven Schechter, Thousand Oaks
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To the editor: It seems that fealty to Trump and the Republican Social gathering provides a felon a “get out of jail free” card, whatever the harm that individual does to the lives of others. Santos is a convicted fraud and a con artist who, in accordance with prosecutors, particularly “sought out victims he knew have been aged individuals affected by cognitive impairment or decline,” in addition to allegedly scamming a U.S. Navy veteran. His blatant lies concerning his supposed accomplishments in life have been meant to deceive and mislead voters.
I’m a Vietnam veteran who was not happy some 17 years in the past by Sen. Richard Blumenthal’s (D-Conn.) deceptive statements and outright lies about his nonexistent Vietnam service. Nonetheless, to have a draft dodger like Trump condemn Blumenthal can also be irritating. Each Blumenthal and Santos lied to voters, however just one deserved a jail sentence, and I’d have left Santos there for the length.
Dan Cunha, Anaheim
