LETTER: President playing dangerous game
As votes continue to be counted in close races from the Nov. 6 election and recounts take place, the president is playing a dangerous game, making accusations with no basis that fraud is taking place which favors the Democrats.
His posture, in which he has been joined by other prominent elected GOP officials, is serving to gin up the Trump mobs as they engage in protests to demand that Republican candidates prevail.
I worry that as this process reaches a crescendo, the fever that is being induced in Trump loyalists could manifest itself in civil unrest if the process concludes with GOP nominees coming up short.
If vote-counting shenanigans are occurring which impact the result of key elections in favor of the Democrats, of course they should not be allowed, but for the leader of the nation to make baseless accusations is beyond the pale and dangerous.
We know that Donald Trump will engage in obfuscation, distortion and lies to get what he wants, and he recklessly predicted and served to encourage rioting if he did not win the 2016 election. Had he not won, he would certainly have alleged that widespread voter fraud was the reason.
When a president’s statements consistently fail to follow from facts, we go down a perilous road.
Oren Spiegler
South Strabane Township