Letter to the editor: Democrats gave Trump his second term

As Democrats across the country go bat spit crazy rioting against the Trump administration’s deportation policies, I believe it is important to acknowledge how the Democratic Party is largely responsible for Trump’s return to the White House.

First, the party backed one of the stupidest politicians in the country in 2020 and succeeded in getting him elected by keeping him in his basement during covid. Despite the dismal failures of the Biden administration, however, it seemed highly unlikely that a second Donald Trump presidency was possible. Until the Democratic Party slowly committed political suicide.

Dems swore that President Biden, who I think belonged in an assisted living facility, was fit to run the country. He wasn’t. (And likely didn’t!) During the 2024 campaign, Dems never tried to win over voters with their ideas, instead choosing to attack Trump with lawfare and personal attacks, bringing manufactured criminal prosecutions and calling him Hitler and a “threat to democracy.” Meanwhile, dim-witted Democratic policies threatened to destroy the country: border security, seeming to side with violent criminals over police, usurping parental rights and normalizing men playing women’s sports. Their wokeness runneth over.

Finally, when Dems’ over-the-top rhetoric got Trump shot, he became a mythological, heroic figure. The contrast between a defiant Trump and Biden was stark. Desperately changing candidates late in the campaign couldn’t change who the Democrats were.

So if you are suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome, maybe you should save some vitriol for the Democratic Party that practically chased voters to Trump’s camp.

Richard Byers

Mt. Pleasant