The Jan. 24 “Breaking Bread” editorial should have been left on the editorial board’s floor. After my 80 plus years, I wonder how any person, president, congressman, senator or average citizen, could sit down with a man who has called others ugly names, who has walked out on them and who continuously has shown no respect for any person, male or female.

I was taught to pay attention to what message comes out of a person’s mouth. Do you remember when “tweets” were bird sounds—not presidential? Respect has to be earned; it does not come automatically with a title or a position.

Betty L. Margolis

Shadyside