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Stop those tweets

Sun., Oct. 22, 2017

I voted for Donald Trump because having another politician in charge year after year has not worked for nearly 50 percent of the people, be they the minority or the majority.

The leader of the most powerful and benevolent country in the world is seen and heard as speaking for all 300 million-plus of us. He is when speaking from an official position, and we have every right to agree or disagree with him.

Many of these tweets are often shot from the hip, (not those offering condolences or promising aid) but those that equate to, “Mine’s bigger than yours” only seem to generate responses from minds that are vying for the village idiot positions, be they foreign or domestic.

Stop with that type of tweet.

Larry Connelly

Liberty Lake

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