Misplaced Documents: Biden versus Trump — Letters that should have been in the new york times

1.20.23

To the editor:

I am much less worried than Jonathan Alter about the political consequences of the discovery that President Biden has mishandled classified documents (1.20.23 Oh Biden, what have you done?) Insofar as the Republicans push a false narrative of equivalency - namely that Biden's misconduct is on a par with Trump's misconduct - attacking Biden is an attack against Trump. If they argue that the two situations are, in fact, different there is no way that a gaffe prone Joseph Biden is viewed less favorably than a self-serving and self-aggrandizing Donald Trump. The 'worst case scenario' is that Donald Trump's popularity continues to erode and Joe Biden decides not to run for reelection. This would not only open the way for the next generation of Democratic leaders to come forward; it would also strengthen Biden politically making attacks against him largely inconsequential and highlighting how extremism dominates the current Republican party.

Respectfully

Larry S Sandberg