Donald Trump was found guilty by a unanimous jury. Now what?
I don’t think he should be allowed on a ballot in any state, nor should he ever be allowed to hold or run for public office.
Why, then, are we pandering to him? He should not have to serve prison time. The conviction is sufficient punishment. But what is our country thinking if we allow Trump, as a convicted felon, to carry on as if nothing has happened?
Being found guilty will mean nothing to him if he can still gain office and carry out those horrific threats he has been spouting.
Wake up, America, and quickly, or you may never be able to vote again, and we will live under the Kingdom of Trump. This is mind-blowingly scary. Why anyone would abide by this is way beyond my comprehension. You, who are his followers, will reap what you sow. You are dragging us into the abyss.
Sheila Asher, Boca Raton
Delay, delay, delay
America wake up. Stop being so naïve about the pending cases against former President Donald Trump.
If Trump’s legal team hadn’t managed to keep his other cases in Florida, Georgia and Washington, D.C., delayed, there’s a very strong possibility that he would have also faced conviction in those cases as well.
Let’s also see whether the Supreme Court favors his claims of immunity regarding the Jan. 6 insurrection case.
In other countries, heads of state have been convicted of crimes against humanity and their governments. No citizen who decides to run for office with criminal charges pending should get a pass.
This is the perfect time for the Grand Old Party (GOP) to accept that change is necessary for its survival. That’s the first step in making America great again.
Ronald Jones, Pembroke Pines
The ‘real jury’
Alan Dershowitz and Jonathan Turley are two respected legal minds and constitutional law professors. Both are Democrats and neither has voted for Trump. Dershowitz has said he has never voted for a Republican. Yet both men have expressed much concern over the apparent bias and reversible error during Trump’s trial and especially after the verdict.
Before any lefty loons write in that both men are Fox commentators, I can tell you that CNN’s chief legal analyst Elie Honig and contributor Mark O’Mara have offered similar opinions. O’Mara sees a plethora of mistakes and reversible errors by the prosecution.
I believe my gut feeling that this was a political hit job from the beginning by a prosecutor, Alvin Bragg, who was supported by George Soros and ran on a platform of getting Trump, and an activist judge who donated to Biden’s campaign (a total of $15) whose daughter is a Democratic activist.
This trial did what it set out to do: Embarrass Trump by letting adult film actress Stormy Daniels rant on about an alleged sexual encounter; keep Trump off the campaign trail and unconstitutionally gag him while allowing convicted perjurer Michael Cohen to speak freely; and to be able to call Trump a felon by any means necessary, even if it’s overturned after the election.
This was classic election interference. Never has a former president been treated this way. On Nov. 5, the real jury, the American people, will speak.
Neal Bluestein, Boca Raton
Let the people decide
I have two brief comments about the Viewpoint articles in Wednesday’s Sun Sentinel (June 5).
The first article, Robert Goldfarb’s delightful and endearing reminiscence of his Jewish name and Irish heritage, was moving and meaningful, and I thank him for sharing that with us.
As for the second article, Archbishop Thomas Wenski’s grave and grating advice to reject Amendment 4, the abortion rights amendment, this rather active and steadfast practicing Catholic understands that His Eminence must necessarily espouse that opinion.
However, a bishop — just like a governor — must be reminded occasionally that we will decide this matter at the ballot box.
Dan Gagan, Cooper City