Peter Gallivan: Like a dream come true

Marie Forest, left, originally from Canada, and Lara Hyte, originally from Russia, celebrate becoming U.S. citizens during a naturalization ceremony held outside the Hampshire County Courthouse on July 4

Marie Forest, left, originally from Canada, and Lara Hyte, originally from Russia, celebrate becoming U.S. citizens during a naturalization ceremony held outside the Hampshire County Courthouse on July 4 STAFF PHOTO/ALEXANDER MACDOUGALL

Published: 07-09-2024 3:00 PM

Modified: 07-10-2024 8:32 PM


Like a dream come true

I read with such joy the article, “Like a dream come true” [Gazette, July 5], about the 55 new American citizens who pledged an oath to support and defend the Constitution. This happened within a week of our Supreme Court shredding our Constitution by changing the presidency to a dictatorship.

This at the same time the Republican Party will be nominating a narcissistic sociopath con man as their candidate for president. Despite the fact that he was convicted by a jury of his peers on 34 felony counts; found guilty of sexual assault by another jury. A man who lied 30,000 times during his four years as president.

A man whose company he inherited was found guilty of financial fraud and has to pay millions in fines. A man who is barred from running a charity in the state of New York because he stole from the one he did run. The list goes on and on. The man even cheats at golf.

I truly hope that our 55 new citizens find the joy and happiness they were seeking. There is a very good chance that Trump gets reelected as president. If he does, the country these new citizens joined will not be the same country that they came to. I urge them to vote blue up and down the ticket as their contribution to saving this country from a dictatorship.

Peter Gallivan

Holyoke

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