To the editor:

A recent letter to the editor, “Voting Trump,” cited Trump-generated lies as reasons to vote for that court-demonstrated liar, cheat, sex-abuser and felon.

In response, here are some easily verifiable facts.

The author claims people were happy during Trump, seemingly forgetting the fact of tens of thousands who died every day from COVID. Trump’s lies about the pandemic caused super-spreader events that even put Trump into intensive care. Trump’s lies — “no worse than the flu” — compounded the misery and death, not happiness, of that time.

Though inflation is still falling, prices originally went up: Because Trump’s lies kept COVID going longer, collapsing supply chains, making goods harder to find. So prices rose.

Opportunistic corporations, such as Kroger, CVS, T.J. Maxx and many others used the sickness as cover to raise and keep prices higher than needed, generating record profits for themselves.

The author claims “the open border is a disaster.” But it was Trump and his Republican handmaids in Congress who blocked bipartisan legislation to address the border. Those problems continue because Trump demanded it for an issue to run on.

She writes Trump is no threat to democracy. A quick review of Trump’s own claims includes “terminating the Constitution”; becoming a dictator “only” on Day 1; and suppressing the vote by ending early and mail-in voting — clear, direct threats to democracy.

Lies are no reason to vote for anyone, especially an insurrectionist, but when Trump claims he’ll be a dictator, I believe him.

Gary Henry,

Lawrence