The Baltimore Sun’s recent editorial, “Donald Trump’s pivotal moment of leadership” (Nov. 10), calls on President-elect Donald Trump to “back away from, if not outright disown, some of the more outrageous proposals he has, at least at some point, claimed to back.”
I understand that your hope is this will lead to a more unified country. I believe that a more unified country is a wish most of us have. However, it is not just Donald Trump and the Republicans who need to drive this, it is also the Democrats. So far, I have not seen one instance of a leader in the Democratic Party offering to work with the party that won the election — an outreach that could give us some hope we can have unity (“Gov. Wes Moore: Maryland is prepared to compromise and push back against new Trump administration,” Nov. 8).
Vice President Kamala Harris says that “we will continue to fight.” Blue state attorneys general have pledged to “fight the new Trump administration.” The governor of Illinois has said, “Trump will have to go through me” to get things done in his state.
Neither Gov. Wes Moore nor Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott have expressed much willingness to accept the election results and work with the new administration in a way that could benefit Maryland and Baltimore. Both the state and city will need federal funding and it will be more difficult if some type of cooperation is not offered.
It’s going to take both parties efforts to advance unity in our country.
— Bill Thomas, Towson
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