Democrats’ circus tent: Letters – Latest News
The Issue: Progressives distance themselves from unhinged “woke” feedback made in 2020.
The new left-wing mantra of a supposed shift from “Woke 1” to “Woke 2” is laughable: Nothing is altering within the total aim to radicalize the Democratic Party and in the end foist their agenda on the remaining of the nation (“Woke 2 Is Woke 1,” Editorial, Aug. 11).
Wiping away outlandish social-media posts by sending them to “memory holes” whereas switching to softer language to convey the identical concepts is the new model.
Some might buy it, however I feel most clever voters will acknowledge that Woke 2 is simply Woke 1 carrying a completely different swimsuit.
Peter W. Kelly
Hazlet, NJ
The Democratic Party is a huge tent alright — a carnival tent, and the freaks are the primary attraction: woke freaks, abolish ICE freaks and no-police-no-prison freaks.
And the place are the adults?
They are busy emulating the freaks.
Barack Obama is buddies with Abdul El-Sayed, as are AOC, Gruesome Gavin Newsom and Hamas’ Hasan Piker.
The Clintons are AWOL and leaders Sen. Chuck Schumer and Rep. Hakeem Jeffries are altering their diapers.
Woke 2?
It’s the identical as Woke 1, however with free eats as effectively.
Paul Bloustein
Cincinnati, Ohio
Democrats are nominating socialist radicals as a response to President Trump’s insurance policies and his unpopular warfare in Iran.
This will proceed till Republicans have the center to get rid of Trump et al.
He did precisely what he mentioned he wasn’t going to do and that is a end result of his incompetence.
Edward Drossman
Manhattan
It’s an superb factor to see the Dems kissing up to the DSA whereas it’s making an attempt to destroy them.
Dems are so terrified of Trump, they may hand their own celebration over to communists.
Dems need to grow a pair and cut all ties to those morons earlier than they attain the purpose of no return.
They don’t notice that after these morons take over, the Dems are the primary ones they may come after.
Storm Destro
Bayonne, NJ
Anyone who thinks that socialism is a good thought ought to simply mirror on what occurred during the pandemic: a prime instance of what ends in authorities control to an excessive.
Look at how that labored out?
We tried socialism as soon as.
It simply doesn’t work.
Michael Patracuolla
Bloomfield, NJ
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The Issue: Gov. Hochul distancing herself from Mayor Mamdani’s pied-à-terre tax.
Gov. Hochul’s attempt to distance herself from New York City’s proposed pied-à-terre tax deserves scrutiny (“Kat turns tail on pied-a-terre,” Aug. 12).
This follows a acquainted sample: poorly conceived coverage, public backlash — then a rebranding effort.
From bail reform to congestion pricing, Hochul has too usually marketed reversals and failures as achievements.
Her earlier message that New Yorkers sad with circumstances ought to go away the state was additionally tone-deaf — particularly when declining revenues later made retaining residents and taxpayers pressing.
Her defining accomplishment has been permitting state spending to grow sooner than inflation, revenues and lots of taxpayers’ incomes.
Rep. Ritchie Torres refers to Hochul as “the new Joe Biden” however the phrase “a genius in the art of being wrong” appears more becoming.
Michael Mulhall
Moseley, Va.
I keep listening to Democrats like Hochul say, “pay your fair share.”
No one can clarify to me what your honest share is. What is the quantity?
They need each individual receiving social advantages to consider the wealthy are evil.
Meanwhile, we’ve got a mayor who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth saying he’s preventing for you.
Truth be advised, he’s solely preventing for his energy.
Philip Vallone
Ossining
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