David Thornburgh’s op-ed “What would Dick Thornburgh do?” (Oct. 14, TribLive) lists the values and governing practices that made his father, Gov. Dick Thornburgh, one of our finest ever politicians and public servants. I agree. To be judged a serious person, the governor believed a politician should welcome accountability, demonstrate integrity and accept personal responsibility.
Thornburgh, who is with Republicans for Harris, believes Kamala Harris meets his father’s serious personal standards. Here he errs.
When appointed border czar, Harris was given the opportunity to secure our southern and northern borders from illegal immigration, drug and people trafficking, and crime. For over three years she took no personal responsibility, electing to not even go to the border to observe the huge daily flow of immigrants and deadly fentanyl while essentially ceding control of the border to the cartels.
She admitted no accountability for the flooding of immigrants and fentanyl to cities around the country, burdening cities to pay for the care, feeding, housing and education from funds the cities do not have. Her inaction raises questions about her integrity. On the former governor’s “serious person” qualities test, she goes 0 for 3 on what voters say is this election’s second most important issue.
Harris has not demonstrated Thornburgh’s three behaviors of seriousness. Her performance in 3½ years as vice president shows that she is clearly not ready for the world’s biggest job in the world’s most powerful nation.
Scott Brown
Greensburg