Letters to the Editor | Oct. 14, 2026
Inquirer readers on calls for a third impeachment of President Trump.
Case for impeachment
The Opinion section of Sunday’s paper lists page after page of valid reasons why Donald Trump should be impeached.
However, too many people have their heads in the sand, and they don’t want to accept the reality of what’s going on with this administration.
The facts are clear: We are now bordering on a dictatorship. Does anyone out there really believe we will have a free and fair election next month?
Larry Stroup, Warwick Township
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Thank you for devoting your entire Opinion section in Sunday’s Inquirer to the subject of impeachment. May it serve to do three things:
Motivate citizens to go to the polls to ensure a Democratic majority in the House and Senate.
Motivate the editorial boards at other news outlets to raise their voices just as you have.
Grow into a full-blown movement after next month’s election.
We have no time to waste.
Anne B. Zehner, West Chester
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Thank you, Inquirer, for making the case for impeachment. I have been calling for the same thing for years — and we all have to keep speaking out. We can’t simply accept defeat. The abuses of power are too great.
I joined the staff of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee in 1977, which was not too long after it had voted on articles of impeachment for Richard Nixon in July 1974; 13 days after the committee adopted the first article, Nixon resigned.
As your Sunday section described, Donald Trump’s abuses are far worse than those that led to Nixon’s resignation, and it is long past time for Trump to be removed through the constitutional process.
Mark Zecca, Philadelphia
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In addition to all the reasons cited in Sunday’s Inquirer demonstrating that Donald Trump is not fit for office, another factor is also his lack of compassion. No man or woman should ever be elected to this land’s highest office if they have no interest in governing for all.
The Trump administration and an embarrassingly compliant Congress passed the “Big Beautiful Bill,” which continues to roll out the GOP’s disdain for the weakest and most underserved Americans. The legislation’s primary objective is to further humiliate our fellow citizens already leading lives defined by struggle.
I have seen and heard various rants about how those who support the work requirements for Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program think that we should stop giving handouts. What many of the people with those feelings fail to acknowledge is that they themselves routinely slept in warm beds, were dressed in warm jackets, and were cared for with full stomachs before leaving for work.
The work requirements affect men and women who, in many instances, are caught in a cycle of generational poverty. For them, there has never been the money for continual, uninterrupted housing, food, or clothing. Some children may attend several different schools and are never quite able to create a path to a productive future.
So before fortunate Americans criticize those people in need of compassion, maybe advocate for the funds to help the least of our brothers instead of ignoring the taxpayer money continually spent to build monuments to honor the least trustworthy president in modern times.
Mary Kay Owen, Downingtown
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