An open letter to Trump about the media

Stop demeaning them, stop shushing them, stop telling them what a bad job they are doing. You are making their case for them. You look weak and unpresidential when you do this and you are embarrassing me.

You represent the face of the United States and you are not living up to that role.

I know you do this because you think you can get away with it. They can’t fight back or they will lose their job and lose access to the White House. To stoop so low as to attack people who are defenseless and who are just doing their jobs is unconscionable.

I am writing this not because I think my one voice will mean anything but because I will not stand by and say nothing. I will not wait for someone else to act first.

This email goes in the public record and will be preserved for the future. That is why I am writing and why I urge every concerned person to likewise send an email to the president. Tell him what you think. Do not wait for others to — the time is now to speak our minds. Go to the Whitehouse.gov website and click on contact at the bottom of the page and select to the president to address your email.

Danielle Weber

San Mateo