Letters: What's wrong with Florida?

Elected officials in Republican-led states are in pursuit of three main goals: Dismantling democracy, exacerbating economic equality and making the pandemic worse. Blue states’ spent the last year addressing urgent issues exacerbated by the pandemic, but not in Florida. Ask Gov. Ron DeSantis, why not.

Increased wages, the minimum wage, paid family and medical leave programs, increasing investigations into worker safety and hazards the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration are now common. But, not in Florida. New criminal justice reforms include body cameras, limiting use of force and reducing punitive policing. But, not in Florida where anything goes and (police) stops may result in arrest or death. So, why would you support a governor who doesn’t care about you? That is the question I ask anyone who says "I support our governor; he’s doing a great job."

Sylvia Whiting, West Palm Beach

Biden needs to up his social media game

I found Charles M. Blow's column "Biden needs to step it up and step up to the microphone" very informative, but I disagree with his communications approach of more interviews. While I was a great supporter of President Obama, I thought that he often failed to win over the American public because he didn't use the presidential bully pulpit effectively. Often he was just too brainy.

While I detest our most recent president, he knew how to use the bully pulpit and that was through the use of social media, not interviews. Interviews are fine, but President Biden has to grab the bully pulpit now through social media over and over again.

Daniel T. Roble, Wellington

No justification for Jan. 6 column

To justify Shaun McCutcheon's as a column must have been a stretch for whoever it is that makes these decisions at the Post, since 80% of it was a bold faced lie. I am trying to remember when the Post became so obsessed with equal time for the left and the right that they forgot all things including peoples' opinions are not created equal. Lying does not make anything equal, and propagating those lies does nothing but embolden the liars. I would appreciate in the future if you must run some nonsense in the paper you would keep it on the funny pages where it belongs.

William Nunn, Fort Pierce

My turn on McCutcheon column

It’s my turn to refute Shaun McCutcheon’s allegations. Americans are interested in the investigations into the Jan. 6 Capitol violence. Yes, there are many issues facing us, but none more important than preserving our democracy.

The Russian interference in our 2016 election was not a hoax, no matter how many times Trump called it that. He was impeached twice and should have been removed from office the first time. Trump tried every trick to get himself more votes. He couldn’t prove he won, because he didn’t win. Biden did. McCutcheon and other Republicans probably will close their eyes and ears to the facts coming out of the investigations, but I hope they see that Trump and his cronies tried to steal the election, usurp the government and upend our democracy.

Elaine Oksnet, Greenacres

This article originally appeared on Palm Beach Post: Florida and 'red-state' governors more interested in retaining power