Trump: ‘You Won’t Have to Vote Anymore’

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Former President Donald J. Trump at the Turning Point USA Believers Summit in West Palm Beach, Fla., on Friday.Credit…Doug Mills/The New York Times

To the Editor:

“Trump Tells Christians, Vote ‘Just This Time’” (news article, July 29) contained critical information about the threat that Donald Trump poses to our democracy.

Mr. Trump’s quoted statement was an admission that his plan is to subvert the democratic process and lead our country into authoritarianism: “Christians, get out and vote. Just this time. You won’t have to do it anymore, you know what? Four more years, it’ll be fixed, it’ll be fine, you won’t have to vote anymore, my beautiful Christians.”

The reporting was clear, concise and easy for any reader to understand. Unfortunately, this article was buried on Page A15 of your newspaper.

Can I ask, What is more important for a free press to publish on the front page than this direct and clear attack on our democracy by one of our two presidential candidates?

Robin Perls-Shultis
Shokan, N.Y.

To the Editor:

Donald Trump’s personal slurs against Kamala Harris (“bum”) are vile, reprehensible and inexcusable. But they pale against the raw authoritarianism evident when he tells religious conservatives to get out and vote (for him) and in four years, “you won’t have to vote anymore.”

He and his campaign have to explain in detail just what he meant by “you won’t have to vote anymore.” If he claims he was joking, that’s not funny. If he’s serious, that’s terrifying.