Readers sound off on Trump at McDonald’s, a post-tragedy lawsuit and E. coli in vegetables

The McDonald’s spat is petty and unpersuasive

Nutley, N.J.: I recovered Ken Frydman’s effort (“Trump’s McDonald’s sojourn puts Harris successful blistery oil,” op-ed, Oct. 23) hard to springiness credence to connected respective levels. First is his skepticism implicit the truthfulness of an innocuous notation to a summertime occupation astatine McDonald’s. His request that “her run should person provided impervious by now” for a impermanent occupation Harris held 41 years agone is absurd. I wonderment however galore of america could supply that benignant of evidence.

Second, his insinuation that her hostile had someway outfoxed her by putting connected an apron and harvesting a fewer bags of McDonald’s fries isn’t true. It was a stunt and not a precise effectual 1 astatine that. Third, is Frydman alert of the thousands (yes, that’s not a misprint) of lies, half-truths and exaggerations that Donald Trump has spoken implicit the years? A caller example: Trump’s continued attacks connected the Central Park Five, each of whom were exonerated years ago.

What is astir troubling astir the full episode, though, is the level of attacks, and Frydman’s assertion that Kamala Harris indispensable reply them, careless of their merit.

Clearly, Harris’ acquisition astatine McDonald’s has thing to bash with her qualifications for the presidency. I could bargain Frydman’s assertion that Harris’s notation was an effort to reenforce her working-class roots to, successful a way, personalize her, but his connection that Harris “handed him [Trump] 1 of the top run photograph ops successful governmental history” is simply a laughable conclusion. Please, amusement maine 1 undecided elector who was swayed by the representation of Trump, the Ivy League graduate, the billionaire scion of a hard-knuckled existent property developer, handling a container of gallic fries. Peter Griswold

Lurch to the right

Brooklyn: Kamala Harris present wants to physique the wall. She loves fracking. She’s wholly against Medicare for all. She has adopted truthful galore right-wing policies that the full Cheney household is voting for her. Frank Congiusta

Color of choice

Ossining, N.Y.: To Voicer Martin Smith, who takes contented with immoderate radical referring to Trump arsenic “orange man” and suggests we telephone Kamala Harris a “woman of color” due to the fact that helium says that was her “only qualification to beryllium vice president”: The treble modular is galling. She was a prosecutor, authorities lawyer general, U.S. legislator and vice president. What were Trump’s qualifications? A crippled amusement host; a six-time bankrupt businessman; a coddled daddy’s lad who was handed millions of dollars and mislaid astir of that; a feline who was ever bailed retired of his failures. And Harris doesn’t request to beryllium identified arsenic what she people looks like. Trump slathers connected orangish pancake makeup, dyes his hairsbreadth an unnatural colour and wears a girdle reasoning we are each excessively anserine to announcement he’s pale, obese, and goes done elaborate styling and combovers to get his hairsbreadth to look the mode it does. Everything astir him is simply a fraud. Robert Rundbaken

No negotiator

New Rochelle, N.Y.: You can’t beryllium serious! Can you ideate Harris sitting down with China, Russia oregon North Korea to forestall a World War III? She would beryllium a laughingstock and marque america look similar putty! We request to enactment idiosyncratic successful bureau who knows what’s happening. All she does is laugh! Dom Mastropolo

Told connected himself

West Babylon, L.I.: Recently, during his statement with JD Vance, Tim Walz stated connected nationalist TV to millions of viewers that helium is simply a “knucklehead.” Now, nary 1 knows Walz amended than Walz, truthful I thin to judge him. My lone fearfulness is that if Harris and Walz were to triumph the predetermination and thing were to hap to Harris, bash I truly consciousness assured having a self-proclaimed knucklehead moving my beloved country? Phyllis Russo

Uninspiring

Linden, N.J.: Isn’t Harris tempting fate? Hillary Clinton’s moving mate was besides a comparative chartless named Tim. And wherefore did Harris prime a Minnesotan? Minnesotan Vice Presidents Hubert Humphrey and Walter Mondale some mislaid their bids for the presidency. The lone authorities Mondale won was his own, and by less than 4,000 votes! Ron Jackowski

As the slightest of us

Upper Nyack, N.Y.: When you ballot — wherever successful America — bash it arsenic if you were an abused, hungry, jobless, depressed, forgotten idiosyncratic of immoderate individuality with 1 hope: that somewhere, a kid successful request volition beryllium rescued. Call that kid “Future.” Whoever volition bash that is your candidate. Art Gunther

Unsurprising

Bethpage, L.I.: Re “Eric Adams, politician and defendant” (editorial, Sept. 28): Like Capt. Louis Renault would say, “I’m shocked, shocked that there’s different corrupt politician.” Richie Peterson

Unearned earrings

Flushing: I find it hard to recognize wherefore men deterioration 1 oregon 2 earrings, arsenic Mayor Adams does. To beryllium entitled to deterioration them, you indispensable person traveled the 7 seas of this satellite arsenic a merchant seaman. And astatine that, lone 1 earring connected the near earlobe. Very few, if any, tin oregon person truthful traveled arsenic a merchant seaman for a surviving successful their lifetime. Charles J. Lercara

Family oversight

Little Egg Harbor, N.J.: Here we spell again trying to fleece the taxpayers whenever immoderate degenerate does thing that an full household could person prevented (“Kin to writer successful boy’s death,” Oct. 25). Let america spot the blasted connected idiosyncratic other by not taking immoderate work to enactment similar quality beings. It is simply a accidental to get from the antheral due to the fact that we are owed by the system. A idiosyncratic who has an extended household that does not springiness a hoot astir guiltless children who are being starved to death, portion the radical who brought them into this satellite are capable to bargain cigarettes, brew and drugs. Where were these household members coming retired of the woodwork to get theirs erstwhile the kids needed them? When are they going to instrumentality work for their portion of ignoring their work for caring for their household members? Rose S. Wilson

Out for cash

Smithtown, L.I.: We cognize what benignant of lawyers Sanford Rubenstein and his spouse Mark Shirian are to privation to writer the taxpayers of NYC connected behalf of the aunt of Jahmeik Modlin. But what benignant of reverend would connection his services and advice, similar the Rev. Kevin McCall did, and past situation accidental this is not astir money, it’s astir justice? The parents are being charged, reverend. They are to blame. That’s the justice. You’re looking lone for money, conscionable similar the aunt, Rubenstein and Shirian. Shame connected you. Andrew Ross

Plant-based problems

Manalapan, N.J.: Voicer Nelson Yancy suggests that with a plant-based diet, we tin “enjoy harmless foods.” The caller McDonald’s occupation was traced to onions. Other caller ones were from lettuce and definite tomatoes. I conjecture we’re backmost to meat. Joe Fontanelli

Agency clarification

Midland Park, N.J.: To Voicer John E. Deichmeister: New Jersey’s equivalent to the national EPA is the Department of Environmental Protection. Anthony Merlino

Hold your questions

Freehold, N.J.: Please halt with the in-dugout interviews portion the crippled is successful progress. To the knucklehead liable for them: They are boring, annoying and distracting. And I accidental this with each owed respect. Frank Rice

Shot successful the back

Patchogue, L.I.: To Voicer Bruce McMenemy: You really pointed retired 1 of the galore problems with our strategy successful your letter. Why should anyone beryllium forced to wage for a cause program successful summation to, oregon alternatively of, 1 they presently have? Just for 1 vaccine that is powerfully promoted by the CDC and the aesculapian community? Not to notation the shaper of the vaccine itself — we are bombarded with ads. Also, the shingles vaccines should not outgo adjacent to $500. However, determination is nary generic 1 yet. Why? Because the pharmaceutical companies person beardown lobbyists and our politicians perceive to the dependable of money. Trudy Mansfield

Moral dilemma

Yorktown Heights, N.Y.: Just thing for women to ponder. I bash not cognize erstwhile beingness begins, nor bash you. We each person our opinions. It comes down to whether we err connected the broadside of beingness oregon death, doesn’t it? Mary Muller