Both parties ignore the moderate voters
Nets guard Kyrie Irving. Credit: AP/Brandon Dill
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer urges dismissing right-wing extremist values [“Schumer urges Republicans to reject far right,” News, Nov. 14].
Steve Israel rues “What went wrong for Democrats on LI” in the last election [Opinion, Nov. 14].
I believe (and I’m a lifelong independent voter) that part of the disconnect and the divisiveness in the country is because the Democratic and Republican parties basically are ignoring the hopes, values and wishes of the mostly moderate majority of the population and pandering to extremists who donate big money.
The moderate “regular people” have no representation, no voice, in the national political picture. And in New York, maybe the House seats on Long Island changing hands speaks volumes.
Also, I think Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is exactly what the Republican Party needs [“Can DeSantis pull GOP away from Trump?” Opinion, Nov. 14]. He stopped way short of engaging former President Donald Trump when he recently attacked DeSantis. I’m all for putting Trump in the rear-view mirror, and President Joe Biden, as well.
Who will step forward for both parties? I hope that it’s newer, more moderate voices.
There hasn’t been much choice for most of us in the middle in these past few elections.
— Michael Murphy, Syosset
Nets’ Irving may be beyond help
I don’t think that any ideas suggested to rehabilitate the Brooklyn Nets’ Kyrie Irving and his antisemitic beliefs will work [“Kyrie won’t play today,” Sports, Nov. 13]. He does not seem to be responding on any visceral level.
The only thing that might work is a meeting with Holocaust survivors and a trip to Auschwitz. If this has no effect, we know that nothing will.
People basically do not change. If these ideas don’t work, his influence on others is dangerous.
— Stewart Frimer, Forest Hills
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