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DeSantis power
Daniel McCarthy is close that President-elect Donald Trump has rewritten the electoral map, but helium is incorrect successful saying that it was Trump who turned Florida into a reliably reddish bastion (“A New Political Map,” PostOpinion, Nov. 26).
In Trump’s archetypal midterm, 2018, Republicans won the governorship by little than 1 percent point.
Four years later, successful 2022, Gov. Ron DeSantis was re-elected by astir 20 points.
That happened portion Trump was retired of bureau and MAGA candidates were losing elsewhere.
It is DeSantis, the astir effectual and principled politician successful America, who turned Florida reliably red.
He did truthful by winning battles for blimpish principles and making beingness amended successful his state.
I privation each authorities had a politician similar DeSantis.
If they did, the representation would beryllium adjacent redder.
Tim Phares,
Laurel, Md.
Stranger things
Thanks for the communicative regarding the UFO zipping on the stream (“ ‘UFO’ astatine Capitol ‘Huh?’ ” Nov. 29).
Several years ago, I was sitting extracurricular a cafe connected 34th thoroughfare betwixt Park and Madison, facing east.
It was a beauteous afternoon, the entity was bluish and cloudless.
Suddenly, determination appeared from the southbound a long, flat, wholly rectangular “cloud.”
This “cloud” was moving dilatory perfectly parallel to the East River.
There were nary variations successful velocity oregon altitude.
I person nary thought however precocious up it was.
I watched this “cloud” for the respective minutes it took to look to the southbound of 34th and vanish down buildings to the north.
Perhaps it was much than conscionable a cloud?
Jeannie Reed,
Manhattan
Terrible tariffs
President-elect Donald Trump’s tariffs are not a negotiating gambit (“Joe: tariffs would bash america each harm,” Nov. 29).
He is serious.
But agelong term, the tariffs are arbitrary and harmful for the United States.
Trump knows this and would yet assistance them connected indispensable products.
Canada should not respond with indiscriminate countervailing penalties connected imports.
That would harm our economy.
We indispensable amended borderline security, vigor capableness and defence investment, but not successful effect to Trump threats.
These are matters that are successful Canada’s involvement to code erstwhile we shed the current, inept government.
Larry Sylvester,
Acton, Canada
Salt is besides bad
In respect to Tracy Swartz’ article: Yes, American versions of the foods mentioned person much calories (“Is American nutrient truly unhealthier?” Nov. 25).
However, the nonfiction fails to notation the sodium content: 1,450mg for the UK ovum crockery sandwich versus 850mg, 890mg versus 460mg for herb sauce, 2,200mg versus 1,050mg for a US Big Mac, and though small, inactive implicit doubly arsenic overmuch sodium successful the UK Skippy peanut butter.
The connection “salt” was mentioned lone doubly successful the full article, and nary travel up was given.
Higher sodium intake tin pb to bosom illness and stroke.
This accusation should person been portion of the sidebar, arsenic good arsenic the nonfiction itself.
Eleanor Salerno,
White Plains
Dead and gone
I work the portion connected Ashli Babbitt’s decease with involvement (“Tragic Ashli & the buried Jan. 6 truth,” Miranda Devine, Nov. 25).
The Post covers the details of her decease well, but fails to springiness Tom Fitton and Judicial Watch capable credit.
They person been moving tirelessly to bring this accusation to the nationalist and get immoderate compensation for Babbitt’s family.
Elaine Jancourtz,
Plainsboro, NJ
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