I consider Mr. Kelly an honorable man, and his unwillingness to denounce the accusations as false and slanderous provides a thunderous ring of truth to the charges. Michael CaplowSeattleTo the Editor:Regarding John Kelly’s silence about the report in The Atlantic, he might read the words of John Lewis: “When you see something you believe is unfair or unjust, you have to say so. Silence is not the answer.”If President Trump did not utter the words attributed to him, Mr. Kelly owes it to the president to say so. But if the president did utter those words, Mr. Kelly owes it to the country to say so. Although the remarks certainly sound like the president’s, the fact that they are a few years old and only surfacing now, a couple of months before the election, makes them suspect.

Source: New York Times September 08, 2020 19:41 UTC