Friday, February 7th, 2025

Editor:

Could a Donald Trump happen here?

The answer is made obvious by Kellie Leitch’s response to Trump’s victory.  “Our American cousins threw out the elite. It’s an exciting message and one that we need to deliver as well.”

Donald Trump’s “exciting message” is starkly racist, misogynist and completely ignorant of all matters of governance including governance over his own worst impulses, but apparently to say so is “elitist”.

Most of the people who live in this riding did not vote for Dr. Kellie Leitch as our federal Member of Parliament.  Looking for a silver lining, I can only hope that as her crass and calculated opportunism becomes more and more transparent, those who supported her in the last election will turn away.

Personally, I am in a numb state of disbelief that a vain, coarse and vulgar man could ever ascend to the office of President of the United States.  Leitch’s praise of Donald Trump violates every instinct toward decency and good sense.  Having lived in this community for more than three decades, I am confident I speak for many good people in saying I am deeply ashamed that Dr. Kellie Leitch is my representative in Ottawa.   

Barbara Delargy,

Everett.

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