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Fear-mongering
Re: “New hope for bathroom bill’s backers,” front page, Tuesday:
Lt. Gov. Patrick attacked the study claiming that the bathroom bill would cause serious economic harm to the state’s economy. He said, “Fear-mongering is what the report is about.”
Fear-mongering is what the bill is about. How many transgender people have been arrested for assaulting a child in a bathroom in Texas in the last decade? Yet I read of attacks by men on boys in restrooms on a regular basis.
The Texas Legislature must stop pushing bills that address nonexistent problems while ignoring real issues we face in this state. We don’t need cops at bathroom doors. We need to fix the mess in our school system.
Robert Strange, New Braunfels
Fake news
Re: “What we learn when the news source is Trump,” Rick Casey, Other Views, Feb. 4:
This column is a good example of fake news. Casey implied I had criticized Fox News by name and had “disrespect” for that channel. In fact, I had never mentioned Fox, only the bias of the liberal media in general. And I don’t know of anyone who would consider Fox liberal. But the column does reveal for all to see the extent of the liberal media bias.
It’s no surprise that the media’s credibility is at a record low with the American people, according to a recent Gallup poll.
A recent poll confirms exactly what I said and refutes what Casey said. Forty-nine percent find the administration truthful, while only 39 percent find the media honest. So, yes, the American people agree with me that Trump is a better source than the biased media.
Wouldn’t it be better for our country if the media gave the American people the facts, rather than told them what to think?
Wouldn’t it be better for our country if the media treated the president fairly and objectively?
Rep. Lamar Smith
Interpreting Trump
Why is it that the president’s words always have to be interpreted by his surrogates? This practice occurs way too often. Compounded by the fact that his advisers aren’t sterling deliverers of truth, I’m very grateful the press is there to “interpret” the White House code. Thanks for “clarifying” and advocating the truth for us lay folks. Keep up the good work!
J.J. Torres
Going nuclear
Re: “Retreat from obstruction, going nuclear,” Editorial, Tuesday:
Stolen seat, really? Your editorial seems to conclude that Supreme Court seats belong to specific parties. I thought they belonged to the people. As Barack Obama famously said, “Elections have consequences,” and the people have spoken.
Republicans didn’t create a “nuclear option.” We can thank Harry Reid for that. The Republicans have not forgotten “what goes around comes around.” They have been in the spot the Democrats find themselves in now, and with the shoe on the other foot, Democrats don’t like it at all. I don’t blame them, but they should blame themselves.
We must reform the filibuster to restore the Senate to its role as the world’s greatest deliberative body. Rep. Tom McClintock of California has advanced ideas to make that happen. We should all consider his advice.
Jon Wampler
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