When I see a letter defending the “other guy” (OG) in the last election, I just sit back and revel in the inaccuracies, outright falsehoods and mythmaking. Mr. Johnson’s letter is no exception.

He thinks the only problem with the OG is tweets? Try over 520,000 dead on his watch, many of which can be lain at the feet of an incompetent and ignorant response. Inject disinfectant? It’s just the flu? When only 12 people had died, the OG said it was all getting better, not worse, and would soon disappear.

Try the numerous and never-ending callouts to white supremacists, the “many fine people.” Try the corruption, like lining his own pockets by overcharging the Secret Service protecting him and his family? Try the embrace of Kim Jung Un, Putin, Erdogan — cruel despots he admired.

Johnson goes on the list issues leaders have to deal with, most of which have nothing to with who resides at 1600 Pennsylvania, or predated the current occupant. A few counterpoints: North Korea tested missiles in 2019, when the OG was in office. Johnson said they are “restarting their nuclear weapons program again.” Uh, they never stopped, even as Trump was praising Un as smart, funny and a great guy. Iran became emboldened when the OG left an agreement that Iran was complying with fully, according to every OG administration official, like Tillerson, Mattis and Pompeo.

Johnson’s statement about Ford is just made up: “… a Ford spokesman told PolitiFact: “The business decision in question was not a result of then-presidential candidate Biden’s corporate tax proposals.” Mr Johnson’s numbers are wrong. One interesting one is putting $29 trillion in debt at the feet of the guy who has been in office for four months. One might want to consider that about 36% of that debt was put there during the OG’s term.

Another false statement is that there is a “new green deal.” I’m sure Johnson meant “Green New Deal,” and that is something not even proposed, and not supported by the current president. Another puzzling one is Johnson saying unemployment is at “9%+”, which is 30% off. Unemployment is at 6.1%, and jobless claims dropped to a pandemic low for last month. Also, the fact that more jobs were created in the last four months than the first four months of any presidency since immediately after WWII seems not to have broken through the delusional cloud many find themselves in, least of whom is Johnson.

Finally, Johnson talks about tax hikes. Another falsehood. The current guy has proposed tax increases, on those making over $400,000, and only on the income above that level. Make $500,000, and plan to see increased taxes on the last $100,000. Sorry, that is not “all of us,” Mr. Johnson.

It is not just mean tweets that caused many to vote for the current guy. And the continued lying about election fraud that did not exist, the attempted insurrection at the Capitol at the urging of the OG (“Because you’ll never take back our country with weakness. You have to show strength and you have to be strong”), make that vote feel even more correct.

Michael Eaton, Divide