Andy Brehm, are you kidding me? Your column made me laugh (“Brehm: Democrats have themselves to blame for Trump’s election,” Strib Voices, Nov. 6). Consider your words, “Now is the time for President-elect Trump to bring our country together.” I might as well hope to win the lottery someday. How, may I ask, do you envision him doing this? His whole campaign was nothing but divisive rhetoric, narcissistic and hateful. His heart is ugly toward anyone who does not agree with him. I am glad I didn’t drink the Kool-Aid he was offering as I could not stand treating others like he has. Let’s check in with each other in four years to see how he brought the country together.
Nancy Graves-Cronin, Minneapolis
It’s 2 a.m. on Wednesday morning. The numbers on my television screen tell me that Trump will once again occupy the White House as the president of the United States. I am one of the millions of Americans who hoped for a different result in the presidential election. I am also an American who fears that pieces of American’s democratic system may be chipped away in the coming four years. However, like it or not, I realize that it is the key element of that democracy that has brought about this election result. The people have spoken and, ironically, it is the foundation of America’s democracy, free elections, that has returned Trump to office.
George Larson, Brooklyn Park
