Letters: Where's the empathy?

To the editor:

When Mr. Trump was shot, Democrats spoke up to support him and his recovery. When news broke that President Biden had Covid and would need to be isolated, a word of support for the president’s recovery would have been appropriate. But Trump and his MAGA Republicans attacked him.

The Republican Party with Mr. Trump as their leader has become mean, nasty and encourages violence toward those that disagree with them. So much for their rhetoric to unite the country.

Shirley Mori Sorenson,

West Des Moines