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To the Editor:
Re “Done With Never Trump,” by Bret Stephens (column, Dec. 18):
Mr. Stephens repeats one of those platitudes we often hear as a new president prepares to take office, exhorting us to “enter the new year by wishing the new administration well.”
In normal times I might respect that nice sentiment, but not with this incoming Trump administration. I want them to fail at every horrible thing they try to do.
Does wishing them well include hoping they will have a change of heart, pursue less cruel and destructive policies? Not much chance of that happening under Donald Trump. So I’m sorry, Bret, but I can’t bring myself to wish them well.
John MasonSanta Rosa, Calif.
To the Editor:
It is with great sadness that I read Bret Stephens’s column “Done With Never Trump,” which I interpreted as a throwing in the towel moment from someone I consider to be one of the most principled, respected and influential conservative thinkers of the day (whose members include David French, Bill Kristol, George F. Will and Liz Cheney).
The idea of giving some of Donald Trump’s cabinet picks “the benefit of the doubt” flies in the face of conservatism’s belief in the merit and fitness of a candidate and their ability to meet the requirements of the job — which some of the candidates are completely lacking.
No one was injured in the escape, which happened about 12:30 p.m. on Sunday. Firefighters for the city of North Attleboro who were working at a rodeo at the Emerald Square Mall said they had seen eight bulls break loose from their pen, the fire chief said in a previous statement.
Maj. Gen. Patrick S. Ryder, the Pentagon press secretary, declined to say exactly how many troops were deploying, citing operational security.
It is also not paranoia to take seriously and to act preemptively against the anti-democratic ideas and policies put forth by Mr. Trump and those in his immediate orbit. These include political retribution, use of the Insurrection Act to deploy the military, negating the 14th Amendment’s guarantee of birthright citizenship through an executive order and other end runs around the Constitution.
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