It is baffling that so many people, even 20 percent of Democrats, are flocking to the Trump campaign. I understand the anger and frustration with our current administration and our incremental loss of freedom, but not what I consider a dangerous path to a nationalist progressive who recently discovered he was no longer the self-proclaimed New York liberal. 

It may seem exciting to have him saying so many of the things we've fought for over the last eight years but we have to examine who he is and what he truly believes. We can't go on empty promises again. 

Why would conservatives stand for a man who'd tell his audience that his "people" are so loyal "I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn't lose any voters?" It shows that we have a real problem here. It shows we cannot trust him to be diplomatic or safe. 

My vote goes to Ted Cruz, a proven conservative who has fought the people's battles to the Supreme Court and won. We need moral courage and character. That is Ted Cruz.

Lynda A. W. Edwards

Gales Ferry