{"id":1105,"date":"2026-02-25T20:35:47","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T21:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/attorneycalendar.com\/?p=1105"},"modified":"2026-03-03T11:58:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T11:58:32","slug":"sad-state-of-the-union-president-stresses-division-to-a-country-in-need-of-collaboration-letters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/attorneycalendar.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/25\/sad-state-of-the-union-president-stresses-division-to-a-country-in-need-of-collaboration-letters\/","title":{"rendered":"Sad State of the Union: President stresses division to a country in need of collaboration (Letters)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Sad State of the Union: President stresses division<\/h4>\n<p>Re: \u201cState of the Union: Trump tries to calm economic jitters before midterm election,\u201d Feb. 25 news story<\/p>\n<p>I never thought I would see the day when demeaning insults would result in a standing ovation. The State of the Union address changed all of that for me. Pointing at the Democrats, the president said, \u201cThese people are crazy!\u201d The vice president and speaker of the House smiled, laughed and rose to their feet, applauding with many in the gallery. That has got to be one of the most despicable displays I\u2019ve ever seen by people representing our nation. I am deeply saddened that politics has devolved into this.<\/p>\n<p><em>Michael Lehmann, Lafayette<\/em><\/p>\n<p>America\u2019s strength is our people. President Donald Trump, in his State of the Union address, undermined that strength. Over and over in opportunities for collaboration, he created blame, shame and division. Stronger together \u2014 that means listening and working together.<\/p>\n<p><em>David L. Stevenson, Denver<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>Is it wise, Rep. Evans, to align with this administration?<\/h4>\n<p>Re: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2026\/02\/24\/trump-state-of-the-union-colorado-gabe-evans\/\">Trump\u2019s State of the Union is strong as he delivers safety to Colorado<\/a>,\u201d Feb. 25 commentary<\/p>\n<p>Having read Rep. Gabe Evans\u2019s defense of the administration\u2019s actions on Wednesday\u2019s Post Opinion page, I seriously wonder if this is a wise tack for a gentleman seeking re-election in a district that I understand to be more unpredictable than the 5th Congressional District, where I live.<\/p>\n<p>Living in Colorado\u00a0Springs, I cannot bear witness\u00a0to the fine decisions you have (or have not) made for your constituents in northern Colorado. Think first of your district!<\/p>\n<p>Rushing to defend this administration, with its victim-persecutor-rescuer rambling, I\u2019d recommend you\u00a0make a case for yourself, how you internalize\u00a0and wish to implement the finer ideals that Republicans have stood for in the past, well before this\u00a0administration. Don\u2019t seek to run your re-election campaign by touting any so-called successes of this administration\u00a0\u2014 run on your own!<\/p>\n<aside class=\"related right\">\n<h2 class=\"widget-title\" data-curated-ids=\"\" data-relation-type=\"automatic-primary-tag\">Related Articles<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2026\/02\/28\/chatfield-state-park-tree-loss-hearbreaking\/\" title=\"Loss of thousands of trees at Chatfield State Park is heartbreaking (Letters)\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"dfm-title metered\"><br \/>\n\t\t\tLoss of thousands of trees at Chatfield State Park is heartbreaking (Letters)\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2026\/02\/27\/colorado-women-congress-leaders-trump-administration\/\" title=\"Trump\u2019s misguided speech reminded me why it matters Colorado has real leadership (Opinion)\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"dfm-title metered\"><br \/>\n\t\t\tTrump\u2019s misguided speech reminded me why it matters Colorado has real leadership (Opinion)\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2026\/02\/25\/avalanche-nelson-gold-medal-criticism-trump-united-states-trump\/\" title=\"Avalanche\u2019s Brock Nelson speaks about winning gold medal, criticism of his United States teammates\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"dfm-title metered\"><br \/>\n\t\t\tAvalanche\u2019s Brock Nelson speaks about winning gold medal, criticism of his United States teammates\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2026\/02\/25\/trump-women-sports-olympics\/\" title=\"Trump promised to fight for women\u2019s sports; instead he tore athletes down on the world\u2019s stage (Opinion)\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span class=\"dfm-title metered\"><br \/>\n\t\t\tTrump promised to fight for women\u2019s sports; instead he tore athletes down on the world\u2019s stage (Opinion)\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t\t<a class=\"article-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2026\/02\/25\/brock-nelson-donald-trump-usa-avalanche-usa-hockey\/\" title=\"Keeler: Avalanche\u2019s Brock Nelson put family, Stanley Cup before Donald Trump? 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Good for him.\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/aside>\n<p><em>John Birkhead, Colorado Springs<\/em><\/p>\n<h4>Commentary from Pe\u00f1a provides needed insight<\/h4>\n<p>Re: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2026\/02\/21\/illegal-immigration-employers-ice-pena\/\">Why ICE should target lawbreaking employers<\/a>,\u201d Feb. 20 commentary and \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2026\/02\/22\/redistricting-congress-colorado-gerrymandering\/\">Wanna bet the commission\u2019s move will benefit the Trumps?<\/a>\u201d Feb. 20 letter to the editor<\/p>\n<p>Thank you, Federico Pe\u00f1a, for pointing out that employers of non-citizen immigrants should be the ones who suffer penalties for breaking the law, rather than immigrants who work and are paid less for their labor than they otherwise would be. Without those jobs many would not come here. And, with more expensive labor, prices would rise. The general public pays more for goods and services without the cheap labor of immigrants.<\/p>\n<p>Also, kudos to Dan Danbom for pointing out the large sums of money that will line the president\u2019s pocket with his prediction-market scheme. Without a doubt, Trump is No. 1 among his predecessors in raking in money from the presidency.<\/p>\n<p><em>Jeannie Dunham, Denver<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/myaccount.denverpost.com\/dp\/preference\">Sign up for Sound Off to get a weekly roundup of our columns, editorials and more. <\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>To send a letter to the editor about this article, submit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/submit-letter\/\">online<\/a> or check out our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2013\/07\/09\/submission-guidelines-and-contact-information\/\">guidelines<\/a> for how to submit by email or mail.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sad State of the Union: President stresses division Re: \u201cState of the Union: Trump tries&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1107,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/attorneycalendar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1105"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/attorneycalendar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/attorneycalendar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/attorneycalendar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/attorneycalendar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1105"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/attorneycalendar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1106,"href":"https:\/\/attorneycalendar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1105\/revisions\/1106"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/attorneycalendar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/attorneycalendar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/attorneycalendar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/attorneycalendar.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}