Trump’s losing support from real conservatives: Your Say

Letter to the editor:

I am one of millions — a lifelong Republican who feels betrayed and abandoned by the party of Abraham Lincoln and Ronald Reagan. After months of watching and listening to Donald Trump, I am now firm in my resolve not to vote for him for president. I identify with Mike Pence, who is clearly suffering personal embarrassment over the revelation of Trump’s vulgarity. As Pence stated, I am a Christian, an American and a conservative, in that order.

In the past weeks, I have considered voting for Trump, after declaring at the start of the GOP convention that I could not vote for him. I cannot vote for Hillary Clinton and her bankrupt Democrat ideology. Now, hearing and seeing the ugly confirmation of the sordid side of Trump, who inexplicably has had the support of evangelical Christian leaders to this point, I repent any thought of pulling the lever for him.

I am also disappointed in the initial attempt at moral equivalency of conservative pundits who are trying to put a positive face on Trump’s “locker room” talk. Sorry, Sean Hannity, I am singularly unimpressed when you say, “King David had 500 concubines, after all.” Trump is toast.

I will pray that America will repent, and that God will hear our prayer and heal our land. I am a Never Trump.

Rev. Lawrence M. Weber; Hagerstown, Md.

Letter to the editor:

Trump, I want to vote for you, and I think many other people feel the same way.

Please give us reasons to vote for you. Don’t get sidetracked. Edit before you speak. Address the issues. Tell the American people how you will solve the many problems the U.S. is facing.

And in debates and speeches, as some people say, “don’t act like a schmuck.”

Sal Greco; Gibsonia, Pa.