Sound Off: August 2, 2025

Sun Herald readers weigh in on local and national topics.

The people’s house

MAGA Republicans complain Democrats are nitpicking at President Trump for the harmful things he’s done. Well, he is now using $200 million of your tax dollars to convert the East Wing of the people’s house (The White House) into a ballroom for his entertaining. Sounds like he’s building Mar-a-Lago North. MAGA probably think it’s another biggly great idea.

What a jobs report

Not only is the July jobs report a disaster, but it turns out that the May and June jobs reports overshot by a quarte-rmillion jobs. I suppose this is more of that winning I keep hearing about.

Yikes

A woeful July jobs report, with May and June revised down as well. Unemployment rate back up. We haven’t seen conditions like these since 2020. Don’t let Donald Trump gaslight you. He is failing Americans and crashing our economy.

Destroyed?

I have grown increasingly weary of the MAGAs claiming Joe Biden destroyed America while president. I wish for once they would please explain how he destroyed America

Good luck

So Kamala Harris isn’t running for governor of California. Guess she’s holding out for another shot at the White House. Good luck with that. And here I thought the country made it clear what we think of her.

No, thanks

So Kamala Harris is writing a book and Gavin Newsome is making like he’s going to run for president. Have the folks in California still not figured out the rest of the country doesn’t want anything to do with them?

FEMA

Apparently, FEMA IS necessary. President Trump is visiting Texas and realizing what a natural disaster will do. Disasters are color blinded and doesn’t care if you are rich or poor.

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