To the editor: This front-page article says Russian President Vladimir Putin informed President Trump that the 2020 election (that Trump misplaced to Joe Biden) was fraudulent due to mail-in ballots (“On Putin’s recommendation, Trump launches assault on mail-in ballots and voting machines,” Aug. 18). Trump additionally was quoted within the article as stating that voting machines “ARE A COMPLETE AND TOTAL DISASTER.”
The identical processes and tools had been used within the 2024 election. Doesn’t that imply that Trump’s election as president in 2024 might have additionally been fraudulent?
On web page 10 of the identical paper, the reader learns that Newsmax, which printed false experiences about voter fraud with Dominion voting machines, pays $67 million to Dominion Voting Techniques to settle its defamation lawsuit (“Newsmax to pay $67 million to settle Dominion swimsuit over 2020 election fraud claims,” Aug. 18).
Jim Gates, Redondo Seashore
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To the editor: I’m attempting very exhausting to wrap my head round this newest assertion by Trump about our voting processes. He’s taking recommendation on find out how to run a free, truthful and democratic election from a Russian dictator whose critics are continuously jailed and mysteriously killed and whose personal elections have been topic to a sequence of credible fraud claims? Subsequent, Trump might be soliciting Putin’s recommendation on army issues. Oh wait, he simply did that in Alaska!
Michael E. Mahler, Los Angeles
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To the editor: Trump’s lack of self-awareness regarding his advocacy function in opposition to mail-in ballots, primarily based on Putin’s advice, solely factors to Putin’s affect on the president and Trump’s shameless respect for him and continued disregard for our democracy and the voting rights of our citizenry.
We must always all be frightened by the abuse of energy that Trump has commanded and the dearth of elected Republicans and the Justice Division underneath Atty. Gen. Pam Bondi to successfully and responsibly uphold the regulation and the Structure.
Larry Naritomi, Monterey Park
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To the editor: Why is Trump attacking mail-in ballots? That is what I think about Putin mentioned to him throughout their assembly in Alaska:
“Hey, I can assist you win elections identical to I did in 2016. However I could be rather more efficient for those who can finish mail-in ballots. The issue with mail-in voting is that individuals take their time by poring over the problems and candidates to make knowledgeable selections after which return the poll approach earlier than the election date. If there’s solely day-of voting, then we are able to blast lies, conspiracies and every kind of nonsense by way of social media, identical to we did with Hillary Clinton’s marketing campaign. So when the uninformed swing voter stumbles into the polling field with a last-minute decision-making mentality, she or he will recall the newest trending put up and vote accordingly, albeit woefully misinformed.”
Philip Ginter, Sunland
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To the editor: Precisely how does Trump anticipate sure handicapped and other people confined to their houses to vote? I want Trump would run the nation as an alternative of specializing in no matter he thinks makes him look higher.
Beth Gothrick, Tarzana
