{"id":523022,"date":"2022-12-08T01:26:30","date_gmt":"2022-12-07T22:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/letters-to-the-editor-dec-8-2022\/"},"modified":"2022-12-08T01:26:30","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T22:26:30","slug":"letters-to-the-editor-dec-8-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/letters-to-the-editor-dec-8-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"#Letters to the Editor \u2014 Dec. 8, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a223339da2ca\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a223339da2ca\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/letters-to-the-editor-dec-8-2022\/#%E2%80%9CLetters_to_the_Editor_%E2%80%94_Dec_8_2022%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Letters to the Editor \u2014 Dec. 8, 2022&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/letters-to-the-editor-dec-8-2022\/#The_Issue_Donald_Trumps_post_that_the_2020_election_%E2%80%9Callowed_the_termination%E2%80%9D_of_the_Constitution\" >The Issue: Donald Trump\u2019s post that the 2020 election \u201callowed the termination\u201d of the Constitution.<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CLetters_to_the_Editor_%E2%80%94_Dec_8_2022%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Letters to the Editor \u2014 Dec. 8, 2022&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/2022-09-18T022233Z_1878052550_RC2BJW9UD0SF_RTRMADP_3_USA-TRUMP-e1670450717968.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Issue_Donald_Trumps_post_that_the_2020_election_%E2%80%9Callowed_the_termination%E2%80%9D_of_the_Constitution\"><\/span><strong>The Issue: Donald Trump\u2019s post that the 2020 election \u201callowed the termination\u201d of the Constitution.<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump posted on Truth <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Social<\/a> about a \u201ctermination\u201d of the Constitution (\u201cWrong Takeaway, Donald,\u201d Editorial, Dec. 5).<\/p>\n<p>As to be expected, this a continuation of his claims of 2020 election fraud.<\/p>\n<p>As distasteful as it is for me, I now must part ways with Trump. Twitter CEO Elon Musk perhaps addressed Trump\u2019s post best: \u201cThe Constitution is greater than any President. End of story.\u201d I agree 100%.<\/p>\n<p>I cannot imagine what would prompt Trump to make such an outrageous statement. He has, without a doubt, committed political suicide. I still feel he offered great hope for our nation; unfortunately, he blew it.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever your feelings are on the 2020 election, we must all move on and let the system continue to work.<\/p>\n<p><em>James W. Anderson<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Talladega, Ala.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Suspend the Constitution? Is nothing that comes out of this man\u2019s mouth subject to criticism by our elected Republican cowards?<\/p>\n<p>Where is the outrage? Never in the history of our democracy has a former president uttered such a self-serving statement.<\/p>\n<p>The fact that he just said this is no surprise to millions of Americans. However, the most outrageous thing about it is that he is not being condemned by his own party.<\/p>\n<p>The Republican Party should be ashamed of itself. As a lifelong Republican, I am ashamed of it. <\/p>\n<p><em>Henry Beyer<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Woodmere<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Post joined the dishonest press in claims that Trump advocated shelving the Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>What he stated was that the election fraud of 2020 was so massive and of such magnitude that it canceled (and thus allowed) \u201cthe termination of all rules, regulations, and articles, even those found in the Constitution.\u201d An obvious reference to the requirement that election laws must pass state legislatures.<\/p>\n<p>We all saw the near-unanimous media opposition to Trump when he was elected and how he was treated in office. Voters won\u2019t stand for this again. <\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p><em>Tim O\u2019Neill<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Pompano Beach, Fla.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Ex-President Trump is still saying that he won the 2020 election, but now he wants to change the very law of the land, the Constitution, to support his views. Well, it\u2019s not going to h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>en.<\/p>\n<p>I want to say that I am Superman, but that would require changing the law of gravity as I am overweight and can\u2019t fly yet.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately, the Constitution and the laws of democratic countries are protected from the whims of an individual, no matter how powerful, and any changes require the support of the people through their elected representatives.<\/p>\n<p>I know that I won\u2019t be able to fly with a cape attached, and I doubt that Trump will ever fly on Air Force One again.<\/p>\n<p><em>Dennis Fitzgerald<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Melbourne, Australia<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s recent statement on the termination of our Constitution is beyond troubling.<\/p>\n<p>It has single-handedly given me pause to reconsider his motives and my position and allegiances.<\/p>\n<p>Our sacred Constitution \u2014 for which much American blood has been spilled, and which every elected official in the country swears an oath to \u201cuphold and defend\u201d \u2014 is my uncompromising line in the sand.<\/p>\n<p>In many ways, Trump has been grossly mistreated. But to politicians from both parties, get this one stern message through all your heads: Keep your hands off our Constitution.<\/p>\n<p><em>James P. Hilton<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Athens, Ga.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Donald Trump\u2019s beyond-the-pale Truth Social call for \u201cthe termination of . . . the Constitution\u201d made me think of the Constitution\u2019s marvelous preamble.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s personal revision of this preamble would apparently be:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe the people, of Donald Trump\u2019s United States, in order to form a more imperfect union, establish injustice, ensure domestic instability, provide for the Jan. 6 Capitol offense, promote the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> welfare of his immediate family, and secure the blessings of libertinism to him and his posterity, do ordain and disestablish this Constitution of the United States of America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Richard Siegelman<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Plainview<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Want to weigh in on today\u2019s stories? 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Former President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social about a \u201ctermination\u201d of the Constitution (\u201cWrong Takeaway, Donald,\u201d Editorial, Dec. 5). 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