A recent letter writer wished to blame the LA fires not on climate change or the 80+ mph Santa Ana winds but instead on government officials, saying we need someone such as Donald Trump to step in and say “You’re FIRED!”
Too bad the letter-writer didn’t feel that way toward government officials when it came to the bungling of the COVID pandemic or for leading his followers into an insurrectionist riot against our very government.
But double standards are very common when it comes to Trump supporters. For instance, claiming immigrants bring crime into this country, but voting for a criminal to be our president.
— Phil Hormel, Scotts Valley
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