To the editor:

Just before President Trump won in 2016, the hatred started. After he became president, it never stopped. A non-politician businessman who successfully took our country back put up with so much abuse. Now we have the shining light of the North Country, U.S. Rep. Elsie Stefanik, who handily won her third term and is a sure bet for a fourth and beyond.

But there are the naysayers who like little children keep up the taunting letters and now a petition, really? She won, and she is continuing to do a great job which, by the way, is supporting the current president in legitimate actions backed by many constituents and many other U.S. representatives. The job of representing the North Country is to look after our needs (even those who didn’t vote for her and write the letters) while protecting us from needless or arbitrary laws, which she does quite well. Inherent in that job is supporting our president when it is in the interest of her constituents. This means completing all the legal steps authorized to help right what some consider a wrong doing. So quite simply, she won and in this region so did our president. This must mean that we liked what she did and want her to continue to do what she is doing. I hear the incoming administrations and their fellow elected officials in state and federal positions calling for working together and healing. Perhaps they should be writing this letter to you instead of me. Wishing everyone a wonderful and blessed holiday season and looking forward to a safe, healthy and congenial new year!

Polly Belanger

Willsboro