Pardon these fibs

To the editor:

Projection is a psychological term that describes a person attributing his or her faults to someone else. When Donald Trump claimed that Kamala Harris lied throughout the debate, he was doing exactly that.

Trump has said that the reason he'd rather run as a Republican than a Democrat is because Republicans are more likely to believe anything he says. He was fully testing that theory during the debate. Migrants eat people's pets? Abortions are allowed at nine months? Babies are executed?

He asked why Harris hadn't done anything during her three-and-a-half years as vice president. In fact, the vice president has no power unless the president dies or is removed. The proper question would be how come Trump did such a terrible job as president.

Also, there's the continued red-baiting of the Democrats as "Marxists" or "Socialists." But things that have helped many, such as Social Security, Medicare and labor unions have been hit with those labels. The exact definition of socialism, let alone Marxism, does not define what Democrats or even Bernie Sanders support.

It's often been said that many Trump supporters are worse than him. This is evident when some of them attempted an insurrection and most others continued to support him after that. The fact that so many of them will believe anything he says about migrants shows how hatred fuels their support.

Unless there is a sudden awakening of conscience and intelligence among Trump supporters, we will continue to have a problem, even with a Harris victory. It's a major problem for this country as long as tens of millions of people continue to support a man who is that evil.

Richard Warren