Will Donald Trump’s 75 million supporters mirror his vile, inhumane behavior? | Opinion
Trump powers his voters
“Trump campaign’s false claims about Haitians eating pets in Ohio stoke immigration fears” (fresnobee.com, Oct. 23)
After Jan. 6, it became clear to me that Donald Trump, the worst U.S. president ever, is not the real problem here. Who is? The 75 million people who voted for him.
Trump’s campaign was vile and inhumane, but my concern is that the vileness and muck he continues to exhibit have now given permission to his supporters to act in the same manner — now publicly.
Trump showed us that he is above reproach, and accountable to no one. He sets the stage for his followers to exhibit open vileness and inhumanity, in the form of the racial hatred, disrespect of other people and their religions, homophobia and misogynous rhetoric.
Where is our country heading? What kind of people do we want our children to become? A failure to reflect on these questions would be to the detriment of us all. Because, right now, our reality is such that our leader is a criminal, our values are non-existent and our so-called “great country” is a myth.
Jovita Harrah
Fresno
Opinion
Don’t deport ag labor
“Trump’s new pick for ‘border czar’ says workplace immigration raids planned” (fresnobee.com, Nov. 10)
Now that Central Valley corporate agriculture interests got their way on Election Day, the pilgrimage of their lobbyists and $1,000-an-hour lawyers to Washington, D.C. will commence. The purpose? To beg the newly anointed one to not deport their labor force come January.
Even economist Milton Friedman, one of their early prophets, declared over 40 years ago that illegal immigration from Mexico was good for America. No doubt, those same corporate ag interests will continue to gloat by not removing their campaign billboards along Highway 41 south of Fresno.
Sean P. Boyd
Fresno
Who will milk the cows?
“How Donald Trump’s deportation plan would work” (fresnobee.com, Nov. 6)
California is the nation’s top dairy cow milk production state — an over $7 billion critical industry to our nation’s milk production. There are about 1,100 dairy farms in California, with the Central Valley in the lead. When President Donald Trump implements his massive deportation of undocumented immigrants, it will have a big impact on the dairy farms (as it’s estimated that undocumented workers perform 70% of dairy farm labor).
I believe many local citizens (some may be receiving unemployment checks), will happily take jobs requiring them to get up at 4 a.m. to start milking cows at about 5 a.m. Right?
Bob Mulholland
Chico
Clovis monuments
I have a question for the Clovis City Council: Why are all of you so reluctant to have monuments or streets dedicated to Martin Luther King Jr. or any other African American leaders? Clovis has many monuments and streets named and dedicated to important people of Clovis’ past.
Clovis also has a giant monument dedicated to bull riders and such. However, the city does not have any streets or monuments dedicated to anyone who is Black or Hispanic. It is time for Clovis to lose its close-minded attitudes toward people of color and highlight individuals who have made this country — as well as our city — what it is today.
Steven Trevino Jr.
Clovis
