We Won’t Stop Fighting: Letters

by Junna Base November 12, 2024

The day after: We won’t stop fighting

November 6th – To the Editor:

Election night was tough. Election night was really tough. On Wednesday, we woke up (or stayed awake) to deal with the reality of another Trump presidency. In New Hampshire, we woke up to Republican control of the House of Representatives, the Senate and the governor’s office.

Like you, I am saddened by the election results. I know that so many of you voted for reproductive freedom, for stability and sanity, for compassion and empathy, and for the future of your children. It feels very much like these values were rejected yesterday.

But it was so close. In many local races it is still too close. This is a democracy – where our values could lose out in a vote. But they don’t disappear. They remain our values. That remains our fight. I wake up every day, get my kids breakfast, put on their sneakers and buckle them up to go to school. The days will keep coming.

And we will keep fighting.

In District 21, I was honored to be re-elected by so many of you Granite Staters. That means I will stand side by side with my Democratic colleagues to make every effort against attacks on our reproductive freedoms, our schools, our environment and our civil liberties. And I ask you to join us. We need your opinion and your commitment. Join a committee, donate, or sign up for a legislative email list and be part of this fight.

Because this is your state too. For my part, I’m not going anywhere. I have hope. I have determination. I still have a lot of fighting spirit in me. And we will continue to fight for our values.

Rebecca Perkins Kwoka

New Hampshire Senate District 21

Portsmouth

It was a great experience running for this office

November 6th – To the Editor:

Congratulations to Kate Murray, my successful opponent in the District 22 State Representative race.

It was a great experience running for this office. For those of you who have been kind enough to open your doors to me and share your ideas and concerns about the Coast, it has been a pleasure and in many cases an education to get to know you, whether I received your vote or not . Thank you very much.

Some of the ideas we discussed around property tax reform and bringing more biotech companies to NH are part of the NH GOP agenda for the upcoming session, and since they were able to achieve a solid legislative majority, I am confident that they will achieve their goal best on the topics that concern us most.

I look forward to continuing to be part of our vibrant community, now with an expanded base of new people and friends from across the political spectrum. I will continue to look for opportunities to find common cause with a bipartisan spirit, and I believe the future of our community looks very bright.

Thom Rossi

Portsmouth

America chose its own worst enemy

November 6th – To the Editor:

By electing a convicted criminal as president, America has joined the club of failed democracies. The people of this nation have effectively elected an enemy of themselves, their worst enemy. They installed a fox in our government’s chicken coop. This fox is a proven enemy of our democracy and a traitor to the Constitution who has conspired to overthrow their government with colossal lies and a violent insurrection. No democracy can survive that does not reject such an enemy at the ballot box.

In accordance with Sheppe’s Law that all things in both the natural world and human affairs tend to corruption and decay, the internal decay of our democratic republic and its rule of law has now begun. I pity our posterity who must live with the consequences of this decay, not only here in this country but around the world, as we destroy our planet through the mass ignorance and moral indifference of voters and the corruption of the politicians they elect. I consider myself lucky to be an old man who won’t live to see this day.

Ron Sheppe

Rochester

These are the times that try people’s souls

November 6th – To the Editor:

I tried to find the right words to describe my deep sadness and despair over the election. While I am not entirely surprised by the results, I have retained a shred of faith and hope that Americans would not so recklessly and recklessly abandon their responsibility to save what so many have sacrificed for so long to preserve and maintain maintain. Unfortunately, that spark of hope and trust has been extinguished.

For those of us who tried to prevent the coming catastrophe, there is little joy in knowing that those who caused it, along with their friends and families, will suffer the same fate as the rest of us. Even if they celebrate their hollow victory today, their joy will be short-lived. They will suffer the same economic, social, health, political and emotional consequences if they allow Trump and his cult to come back to power. You will learn that although it is very easy to destroy something that has lasted for more than 240 years, it will be much more difficult or even impossible to rebuild it. It takes very little skill, wisdom, or intellect to destroy something, but to create something valuable and beautiful requires all of these qualities and more.

Even though I am in complete despair today, I vow not to go quietly into the night. I owe it to my oath as a retired military officer to protect and defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic, and to my children and grandchildren to continue to do all I lawfully can to resist and for the To fight for democracy and its future. I know that millions of patriotic Americans like me will also resist this catastrophe by speaking out, participating in peaceful protests, supporting politicians trying to save the Republic, voting, and recruiting others to fight. We have no other choice. As Thomas Paine said, “These are the times that try men’s souls.” The Summer Soldier and the Sunshine Patriot will shy away from serving their country in this crisis; But whoever stands by it now deserves the love and thanks of “man and woman.” We can’t behave like “the summer soldier and the sunshine patriot” now. It is our sacred duty not to shy away from service to our country in the face of the coming forces of destruction.

Rich DiPentima, LTC, USAF, (retired)

Portsmouth

So be it

November 6th – To the Editor:

Well, you Trump voters, you got your wish. So hold on to your golden shoes, watches, cryptocurrencies and Trump Bibles, because the next four years are going to be a wild ride. And it would probably be the country’s job to keep track of how many educated, well-resourced Americans will find a way to leave the U.S. over the next four years. Thank goodness people can work remotely and continue to write letters to the editor remotely.

Tess Holom Schneier

Kittery, Maine

Be careful what you wish for

November 6th – To the Editor:

What Donald Trump has learned is that he is immune to any hindrance or limitation. With a Republican Senate and possibly a Republican House of Representatives, a Supreme Court, and the fact that he will escape any legal action against him, his only restraint comes from his understanding of the Constitution and his character. Having watched him during his various trials and campaigns, we have to be very concerned. He can say anything, do anything, and what’s worse, he can say nothing and be seen as the savior of democracy. The harbinger of America’s golden age.

Sometimes what you want isn’t everything you hoped for.

Steve Little

Portsmouth

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