Letters to the Editor | Nov. 10, 2025

I read in your recent editorial that, in response to Tuesday’s election “blue wave,” Donald Trump offered that the phenomenon occurred because he “wasn’t on the ballot” and (once again) that the election was rigged. I worked the polls on Tuesday, and I would invite the president to come work with us in the next election, stand on his feet for 14 hours helping voters to check in and freely cast their ballots. He can see for himself the absolute integrity, conscientiousness, and attention to all the established procedures our poll workers adhere to to ensure each voter’s ballot is cast, recorded, and protected from fraud, duplication, and/or manipulation. And I challenge him and his minions to find any illicit actions they claim occur in the voting process.

Richard W. Holmes, Huntingdon Valley

Tuesday was a great win for everyday Americans. Can we hope that working-class voters are finally waking up to the fact that casting ballots for Republicans is against their own interests? They should be asking themselves why Republicans have to create an enemy to run for office. Ronald Reagan’s enemy was the government; Donald Trump made immigrants his. Republicans have said Democrats are actually socialists. Actually, Trump’s MAGA version of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is socialism, a company controlled by the government running its day-to-day operations, paying its employees from taxpayer funds. At the end of the day, do we want a Republican-run government devoted to making the top 1% richer, or do we want a government for all?

Jesse E. Hare, Jamison

Solar and wind power, while not new inventions, stand as a view of the future for the generation of electricity. These sources of energy are free and clean, and reduce the dependence on fossil fuels. What possible rationale does the Trump administration have for canceling the promotion of their benefits and development?

Keith Bance, Blue Bell

Years ago, I saw the archaeological dig at Sixth and Market Streets that uncovered the foundation for the 18th-century house owned by Robert Morris, where Presidents George Washington and John Adams resided. The dig also revealed the living quarters and work space for the people who were enslaved by Morris and the presidents. The excavation also exposed the remnants of what was then a relatively new feature on houses in the former colonies: a bow window — a design element that’s echoed in the Oval Office.

Without an obvious sign out front back then, it was hard to explain to visitors that this house — now known as the President’s House — was built by Morris, the wealthiest man in America at that time. He financed the American Revolution and underwrote many real estate and banking efforts. He also invested in a notorious project that failed, called French Azilum, a 1,600-acre refuge for French expats in the states that was located in Bradford County, near the New York border.

Largely because of that development’s collapse and other poor land deals, Morris went bankrupt and lived for a time in debtors’ prison. In light of the efforts being made to rewrite history by removing information about the enslaved people at the site, it seems like we ought to be adding more stories to the body of knowledge about this historic property rather than omitting them.

P. Richard Grove, Philadelphia

Dick Cheney’s death the other day reminded me of the phony “weapons of mass destruction” narrative that got us into the Iraq War back in 2003.

President George W. Bush and Cheney, his vice president, were responsible for the war, which cost American taxpayers a few trillion dollars. Much of the spending on the war consisted of no-bid contracts, which deserve investigation. If anything illicit occurred, it would be the most extreme case of misappropriating federal funds in the nation’s history.

I know it was long ago, but Congress should conduct hearings and subpoena officials of the Bush administration to testify about their involvement in the appropriation of funds during the Iraq War.

EuGene Miller, Philadelphia

Since Donald Trump took office again in January, the federal government has reduced, eliminated, or withheld payouts for international aid, domestic safety nets, government and academic research, congressionally allocated funds to states and cities, salaries for fired, furloughed, and essential government workers, and more. I can’t be the only taxpayer asking this question: Where has all of that money gone?

Phyllis Salzman, Wyncote

Congratulations to the Democrats for their sweeping victories in blue states. I would recommend all the suburbanites voting for Democrats to listen carefully to the speeches of Bernie Sanders, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Zohran Mamdani. They are not talking about democracy and freedom, but redistribution of wealth. In short, electing Democrats allows the new left to dominate the party. Their intent is not to let you keep your hard-earned wealth and help others, but to take your wealth and redistribute it to those who did not earn it. This is the anti-capitalism message being taught in our schools and universities. So again, pay attention to the textbooks and curriculum in our schools. I understand that many people do not like Donald Trump — that’s all well and good — but the progressive agenda is radically different from traditional Democrat vs. Republican priorities. The difference is that they have a plan (Saul Alinsky defined it), and it is not based on emotion, but on changing our society. We are faced with a fundamental battle for the soul and future of our country. Unfortunately, only one side realizes they are in this battle.

MG Del Rossi, Blue Bell

Donald Trump’s reascendency to the highest office in America came as a shock to me. This wasn’t just because he is a misogynist, racist, sexist, hateful, ill-tempered man, convicted felon, and sexual abuser, although that should have been enough. No, it was because we had actually experienced the utter failure that was the first Trump presidency. Promises of checks from Mexico to build walls, the best health insurance ever, saving the coal industry, rebuilding manufacturing, eliminating the deficit. And we got none of it.

That the GOP would wholeheartedly endorse him for reelection was, to be perfectly honest, amazing. Trump had the House and Senate the first time. With all his blustery incompetence, the only thing he managed to pass of any importance was a tax bill that was a total gift to his billionaire supporters. Then, with him at the helm, the GOP lost the House and Senate, including two seats in red Georgia.

Fast-forward to Trump 2.0. GOP House and Senate. Promises to eliminate inflation, a “concept” of health insurance, more manufacturing, take cats off the menu in Springfield, Ohio. Again, the only thing he has accomplished is a massive tax cut for the rich. Everything else is from executive orders that do not have the slightest bit of insight or integrity.

Does Tuesday’s blue wave signal that Trump will again succeed in decimating the GOP’s control of Washington? For America’s sake, let’s hope so.

Jim Lynch, Collegeville

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