Letter: It's the thought that counts

Hey, did you know? Trump didn't tell people to ingest Clorox - he merely floated the suggestion that it might be a possible Covid remedy, along with some sort of internal light therapy. (Re: letter "The Fabrications"). When the blowback erupted, he then claimed his remarks were made to "prank" reporters. Previously, he asked weather experts about detonating an A-bomb into hurricanes. Another prank for reporters? Such lightbulb ideas clearly show me that a dunce cap would be a good replacement for Trump's MAGA hat. As calls came in to poison control centers, execs from Clorox and Lysol felt the need - legal and moral - to issue statements to NOT ingest cleaning chemicals. They were obviously aware of the slavish willingness of MAGA sheep to embrace whatever Donald utters, no matter how crazy. For any "leader" to vocalize absurd and dangerous thoughts of ingesting bleach, or to promote other quack remedies (hydroxychloroquine, ivermectin) shows a disturbing lack of basic intelligence and science knowledge. Besides criminality, intellectually unfit for any office.

Deb Klumpp

Oro Valley

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