Re: “ ” (Page A6, July 23). We all applaud the service of Joe Biden to our country since 1972. Let us wish Kamala Harris success.

She will be running against Donald Trump, who is leading in all the polls. It’s time to review his accomplishments. He added to the national debt.

The unemployment rate was when he left office, an increase of 1.6 percentage points. His 2017 tax cut was the main reason for the increase in debt.

He lost . He lost his business license in New York for tax cheating, and was found guilty in the hush money payment case. He must pay to a woman for libel over , and another to the state of New York for civil fraud.

Trump’s charity is banned due to fraud. Trump University was asked to return $25 million to the students. Re: “ ” (Page A9, July 21).

It’s not surprising the GOP is making inroads with some minority voters. For decades Democrats have made promises to these groups and have largely failed to deliver. One subset within minority voters the GOP is having success with is small mom-and-pop businesses who are learning the cruel reality of the impact progressive Democrat policies have on their livelihood and quality of life.

Soft on crime prosecutors, a regulatory climate penalizing small businesses in favor of large businesses (who can always absorb the costs of new regulations) and ever-increasing prices of energy and utilities due to progressive policies centered around are hammering these small business people. In Republican candidates, t.