To the editor — Since gender affirmation is an issue for POTUS, then maybe he should consider one of his greatest accomplishments, or in this case, DEFEATS. He’s the only presidential candidate to defeat two different women in a presidential election. MAYBE HE IS PLAYING IN THE WRONG DIVISION. His record of 0-1 vs men and 2-0 vs. the ladies might just be handled like professional soccer, where if you are terrible in a certain division, then the next season you are moved down. Relegation is the term.

Perhaps he could then run for congressional office, where he could “cherry-pick†his opposing candidate by gender. The national organization of Girl Scouts might be able to provide a precocious “trash-talking†12-year-old challenger who could threaten world obliteration if her demands aren’t met by 8 p.m. Eastern time. After all, the redacted Epstein files DO NOT CLEARLY show that he has an affliction for younger women from whom he can demand subservience.

Now, if the Girl Scout should be slightly confused by her opponent’s appearance, an aging, demented narcissist with an '80s dance affliction to go with his comb-over, she could claim her confusion in the lyrics of Aerosmith: “That, that Dude looks like a lady.â€

RON LIVINGSTON

Yakima

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