Letters: GOP should seek new candidate for president; No more Electoral College

GOP should seek new candidate for president

Given the facts of President Trump’s actions — defying Congress, using his executive powers for his personal benefit, and acting against the United States’ security related to Ukraine’s hot war with Putin’s Russia, the Republican Party should seek a new candidate for president in 2020.

Everyone knows that Trump acts in his own interest.

Nepotism: His children, who have no relevant qualifications or experience, are given lead positions in international affairs.

Emoluments violations: His private businesses host government functions, his hotels board foreign officials and his golf resort in Great Britain houses military personnel — all for Trump’s profit.

Slurring dedicated American servants: Ambassadors, the FBI, the CIA, Military Gold Star Families and military heroes.

Constant lying: About critical matters of importance to American citizens and trivial things, such as crowd sizes.

Taking credit for everything ... except his own bad actions.

I could go on ...

A new presidential candidate for the Republican Party is sorely needed.

Toomey, Thompson have ‘failed us’

Senator Pat Toomey has failed us. U.S. Rep. Glenn Thompson has failed us. Both contributed to the undermining of our Constitution, by failing to hold an obvious criminal president to the law. Both put their petty careers ahead of the rights of the public, the need for the law to be obeyed, the danger of becoming a kingdom with an ignorant, deranged king.

Nothing they can ever do will make up for this. They will live out their lives as failures and be remembered as enemies of the people.

No more Electoral College

The 2020 election for president and vice-president will be decided by the Electoral College. We vote, but the real election is decided by a small group, chosen by local party leaders. It’s been that way since 1787, when the framers decided not to trust the “average” citizen with this vote.

In 2016, the candidate for president who won the majority of popular votes, lost the election. We have the minority in control of the majority.

The 538 electors chosen by party leaders in 2016, included: an activist convicted for inciting violence against abortion providers, a man convicted of a $300 million accounting fraud scandal, Nancy Pelosi’s daughter (Christine), Rep. Xavier Becerra’s daughter (Olivia), Dianne Feinstein’s granddaughter (Eileen), former President Bill Clinton, Andrew Cuomo and Bill de Blasio. New Hampshire had all-female electors.

The 129 million popular votes for president in 2016 were replaced by 538 electoral votes (this number represents the total of our 435 Representatives, 100 Senators, and the 3 electors given to the District of Columbia). The number of electoral votes provided to each state is equal to the U.S. Representatives and Senators in the state. The candidate who receives a majority of electoral votes (270) wins the presidency (and VP).

There is no Constitutional provision, or federal law, that requires electors to vote according to the results of the popular vote in their States. Why do we still have an Electoral College?