To the editor: After studying Gustavo Arellano’s glorious column, I used to be initially prepared to put in writing a glowing letter of reward, however my pleasure rapidly became sorrow (“Trump says he needs to do away with ‘the worst of the worst.’ Begin with Stephen Miller,” Jan. 29). I spotted that whereas Arellano was oh-so proper, he uncared for to say different necessary information.
In September 2024, then-candidate Donald Trump informed America he has “nothing to do with Mission 2025,” had not learn it and didn’t plan to. However by some miracle or coincidence, Stephen Miller and a variety of his Mission 2025 co-writers or contributors had been named to key positions in his administration. Whereas I would recommend that Miller is way worse than a “hate-filled ghoul,” I might be personally very challenged to call him because the worst.
Whereas I learn each day information tales within the Los Angeles Occasions about fellow Mission 2025 contributors — border czar Tom Homan, Workplace of Administration and Funds Director Russell Vought, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr, CIA Director John Ratcliffe and Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt — it virtually appears an unimaginable activity to call the worst. When one considers Well being and Human Companies Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Homeland Safety Secretary Kristi Noem, FBI Director Kash Patel and Protection Secretary Pete Hegseth (with dishonorable point out to Elon Musk), it turns into much more tough.
I might welcome a Sunday complement part spelling out the unbelievable choices and actions of the above so we may make an clever selection for who deserves the doubtful title.
Karen Oliver, Santa Paula
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To the editor: Amen to Arellano’s plea to rid the nation of the influential Miller, Southern California’s claim-to-shame native son. In contrast to Homan and Noem, the Machiavellian Miller has masterfully sucked as much as Trump and consolidated energy.
His deadly flaw lies in his conceited incapacity to learn the nation. In contrast to him, most Individuals have empathy. Video of masked ICE agent troops killing and maiming Individuals on public streets repulses us. These actions stem immediately from Miller’s out-of-touch dystopian imaginative and prescient of an America beset by violent crime perpetrated by dangerous overseas actors — at a time when violent crime is declining.
Miller’s insurance policies have change into political kryptonite, and Republicans are lastly starting to take discover. These insurance policies haven’t any place within the White Home and he deserves to be banished.
Sharon Rosen Leib, Solana Seashore
