letter to the editor

Law and order in the Capitol

Posted 8/19/25

I find it very interesting that President Trump now seems so interested in providing law and order in Washington as well as throughout other cities in the U.S. Of course, everyone should want …

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letter to the editor

Law and order in the Capitol

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District of Columbia National Guardsmen keep a watchful eye in the McPherson Square Metro Station January 19 as part of their Task Force Amendment mission. The task force, consisting of approximately 250 Soldiers and Airmen, provided crowd management and traffic control in support of an annual march in Washington, D.C. (U.S. Army National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. G.H. Cureton)

Posted Tuesday, August 19, 2025 10:04 am

I find it very interesting that President Trump now seems so interested in providing law and order in Washington as well as throughout other cities in the U.S. Of course, everyone should want our capital to be clean and crime-free.

However, isn’t it a bit ironic that this is the man who sat for two hours watching his supporters attack the Capitol, doing hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage and injuring numerous policemen?

Moreover, he compounded that travesty by pardoning those who committed these crimes. I guess that’s just what we have to expect from our government these days.

Ed McNulty
Beach Lake, PA