To the Editor:

I’ve never seen Donald Trump shy away from any reporter, no matter how hostile. I have seen Democratic presidential nominees try to control their public perception by re-imagining themselves.

Hillary Clinton dodged the press like smallpox. Joe Biden hid in the basement, ultimately opening the southern border to millions. Kamala Harris avoids questions about her recent radicalism, like the open border, banning hydraulic fracking, mandatory gun buybacks, cashless bail, single-payer health care, defunding the police, and helping to bail out violent BLM rioters.

Ms. Harris and her VP pick, Tim Walz, masquerade behind a facade of flannel shirts and Midwest values, redacting by omission just how loony-left they really are.

By retreating into the shadows, democratic candidates of every ilk fall back into the sheltering arms of media comrades like ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, and MSNBC.

Fearful that their manufactured persona of moderation may collapse like the proverbial house of cards, they bob and weave like Sugar Ray Leonard to avoid objective scrutiny.

This urgent need to hide from who they are, has become the new paradigm of the Democratic Party and is indicative of people who seek to deceive by reinventing themselves into humble members of the proletariat.

Gregory Bontrager

Hutchinson