Sound Off: May 23, 2025

Sun Herald readers weigh in on local and national topics:

Real or not?

Why are “ICE agents” wearing masks, being rough and unprofessional when they abduct people? Are they real federal ICE agents or racist Proud Boys doing President Trump’s bidding?

It’s the media

The media realized voters were voting out liberal Democrats, so they changed their name to progressive.

Big, beautiful disaster

The Republican spending bill adds, count it, $4,000,000,000,000 to the deficit. It is so bad that President Trump had to personally strongarm Congressional representatives to pass the bill by one vote. The cost of servicing the debt will wipe out any future benefit of economic growth. Just this week the U.S. lost its AAA credit rating. The Senate better put some sanity into the bill, or economy could crash.

Barometer

Some of y’all think being unpatriotic means you criticize President Trump, or you don’t agree with his policies. The first Amendment is supposed to protect that just like the second Amendment protects your right to have a gun, right?

Act of war

The killing of two Israeli embassy staff members is clearly an act of war. May the perpetrator be punished to the full extent of the law.

All liars

Both parties lie and steal. But President Trump has taken it to a new level. The government does need a major overhaul, but not under Trump’s administration. He’s like the fox guarding the hen house.

Just what we need

Americans are losing their government jobs at an unprecedented rate and, in a few years, we will have three Air Force Ones.

Send your Sound Offs to soundoff@sunherald.com.