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Letter: Have some sympathy for the Republicans. They’re about to be hit hard with what’s coming.

(Francisco Kjolseth  | The Salt Lake Tribune) Trump supporters Gabriel Pereira, Matias Palave Vega and Joe Hastings, from left, celebrate Trump’s win in Georgia during a GOP election night watch party, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Draper.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Trump supporters Gabriel Pereira, Matias Palave Vega and Joe Hastings, from left, celebrate Trump’s win in Georgia during a GOP election night watch party, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in Draper.

Know any Democrats who feel they got screwed? Save a little sympathy for the Republicans. They now have to deliver on Trump’s promises to drag us back to a world that no longer exists.

All this will be impossible without raising taxes. And while continuing to deny well-understood things. And while taking care of unwanted children. And expanding military spending to wage a war or two. And without being able to change the laws of physics. And quelling a bickering Congress. And wondering how we squandered our unsustainable resources. And being unable to control inflation. And dancing on the world’s stage behind the world’s most unpredictable leader who is surrounded by a dysfunctional Cabinet.

How much sympathy can you spare?

Martin Neunzert, Ogden

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