To the editor:
We are exactly one year out from the election, and the parties are still split on how President Trump could possibly have beaten Hillary Clinton on Nov. 8, 2016. (Re “One year later: Bernie Sanders, Maxine Waters and others on the 2016 election and what it wrought,” Opinion, Nov. 5)
Populism, racism, misogyny, outright lies, insults and Russian interference all played a part in Trump's victory. How else could an individual who had never held an elected office and was completely unaware of presidential responsibilities and duties (as evidenced by numerous of his own statements, including his admission that the job was much more difficult than he thought) beat Clinton?
What we do know is that Trump is not fit for office. Furthermore, an individual who has yet to produce his own income tax returns, leaving us to believe that he does not pay taxes, should not be proposing a revised tax code.
Richard C. Armendariz, Huntington Beach
