The Issue: President Trump’s decision to pardon the rioters who stormed the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Most of the executive orders signed during President Trump’s first day of office made me relieved to have a Republican as president again. But one exception leaves a stain on the hands of the GOP (“Pardons for 1,500 1/6ers,” Jan. 21).
The mercy given to the leaders of the Proud Boys and Oath Keepers, who organized an attempt to overthrow the government of the United States and keep the presidency in Trump’s unelected hands is disturbing. It’s as bad as former President Joe Biden’s flurry of pardons, a last-gasp spasm of injustice.
Jorge Sierra
The Bronx
I am a law-enforcement officer, and I believe people who assault police should serve prison time. But facts are facts.
Many of the people involved in the Jan. 6 riot did not commit violent crimes. They were let into the Capitol by the police. Of course, the idiots who broke windows should be punished, but no one ever served four years for breaking a window. Most people took selfies in the rotunda. Trump did the right thing.
Tom Scott
Spotswood, NJ
President Trump has pardoned the lowlifes who rioted inside and outside the Capitol Building in Washington, DC, on Jan. 6, 2021.
These rioters vandalized government property and even called for former Vice President Mike Pence to be hanged.
These traitors could have killed numerous members of both houses of Congress.
They were incited to riot by Trump, who had just left office and falsely accused the Democrats of “stealing the election” from him, despite knowing he had lost.
This was by far the worst act of treason in US history.
Robert Berger
New Rochelle
When I think of The Post, two concepts come to mind: “common sense” and “law and order,” both of which the paper proudly touts. How then can you justify the minuscule article with the headline “Jan. 6 rioters cheer pardon?” The decision deserves more scrutiny.
Jeff Kirsch
Ridgefield, Conn.
More than 77 million people believed in Trump and elected him president. Now it’s time for the naysayers to reflect on his victory — and decide who’s side they are on.
Alice Daly
Mahopac
The Issue: A report finding that New York spends the most money per student in the nation.
New York’s educational system’s failure is unconscionable (“Shocking Report Reveals NY’S Education Failure,” Editorial, Jan. 17).
The public-school system spends more than $36,000 per pupil and cannot even provide mediocre results.
If this isn’t a cry for school choice, I don’t know what is. Catholic schools spend a fraction of what the state spends per student and provide results that far outpace the public system. Are Michael Mulgrew and the United Federation of Teachers afraid of a little competition? No wonder the union fights against charter schools.
Children are our greatest asset, and they are being betrayed by a system that puts politics ahead of learning. It’s an absolute disgrace.
Robert DiNardo
Farmingdale
The Post gave the astounding figures of $36,000 per student for New York school kids, which is twice the national average.
We can only draw two conclusions: Either we have the worst teachers in the country or the dumbest kids. I’m inclined to go with the former. Randi Weingarten has done a good job of destroying our school system, which used to be top notch.
Michael Duke
Sag Harbor
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