Sound Off: June 9, 2025

Sun Herald readers weigh in on local and national topics.

On trial

Good to see Kilmar Abrego Garcia coming back to America and good to see him going on trial. Now maybe we can shut everyone on both sides up about the issue.

Call centers

While I understand President Trump’s desire to move more manufacturing to the U.S., that will take many years. If he wants to do something quickly to improve the economy, he should insist that business call centers be located in the U.S. I can’t remember the number of products I’ve rejected simply because the customer service reps barely speak English, know nothing about the product they represent, and work in an environment with so much background noise, I can’t hear or understand them. Let’s bring these jobs back to America. We already have the space, technology and workforce to accomplish this quickly.

Trump vs. Musk

Who should we trust? President Trump or Elon Musk? We should have seen this coming because Trump hates to be outshined. All you followers take notice; Trump is loyal to no one. Just ask all his former associates.

Birthday parade

So the MAGA elite want Donald Trump to have a multimillion-dollar parade for his birthday using my hard-earned tax dollars. This is for a man that called dead military members suckers and losers, and refused to be seem on stage with a veteran in a wheelchair. I highly resent my tax money being used for such a worthless cause.

Boys vs. girls

It never ceases to amaze me how many people seem to support the idea of boys being able to participate in girls’ sports. And how many politicians don’t realize that topic is a giant loser with most of America.

Make it make sense

Hoping a Trump follower can please explain why the president is pardoning so many criminals convicted of fraud. Is this his way of getting revenge on the justice system that convicted him, or do they have to pay?

Leadership matters

Gulfport residents dodged a huge bullet this week. Had the wildly liberal mayoral candidate won, the city of Gulfport would have looked like New Orleans within 24 months. Just ask Stacey Abrams, Bennie Thompson and the Democrat National Committee. That was the plan but good sense usually prevails when voted on fairly.

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