Elizabeth Warren often doesn’t tell the truth

This is in response to state Rep. Brian Sullivan’s letter in which he asked for everyone’s support of Sen. Elizabeth Warren for president (“Elizabeth Warren supports workers,” Oct. 21).

Sullivan began his letter by stating that “our economy isn’t working for most workers, and that’s because our leaders don’t understand the everyday struggles most Americans face in the workplace.” That’s exactly what Warren has been saying in her regular stump speech. Warren’s problem, however, is that that statement simply isn’t true. Recent polls show that most Americans are pleased with their economic status — higher wages, levels of employment, number of folks in the workforce, etc.

Maybe now that Warren is pushing former Vice President Joe Biden as the leader in the Democratic primary race, meaning she has begun to face some questions and is receiving some needed pushback, she’ll start to tell the truth. But the reality is that Warren often doesn’t tell the truth — about her Native American heritage, for example, and about being fired from her teaching job years ago because she was pregnant. More recently, she can’t tell the truth that her “Medicare for All” plan will require an increase in taxes on the middle class.

Progressives should be careful what they wish for.

JEFF BENDIS

Woodstock

Thanks for a simple act of kindness

Recently I went to Staples. When I came out I had a flat tire. I just stood there wondering how I would find a wrecker. Never had a flat tire before.

A couple parked behind me. When they got out of their car they asked if I needed help. I showed them my flat tire. They asked if I had AAA. I said no. I told the couple I would call my son. They went back into the store.

I got my son on the phone and he said he was working only a mile away.

I went back into the store and found the couple and told them my son would be there in 10 minutes. The gentleman came outside and waited. The woman asked if I would like a cup of coffee or some water. I said no thanks. I was too nervous. Having them waiting with me was very calming for me.

It was such an act of kindness. Thanks to them and my son I was able to get home.

THERESA BOUTIN

West Lebanon