To the Editor:

Re “President Taunts Kavanaugh’s Accuser at Rally” (news article, Oct. 3):

That our president delights in mocking people is nothing new. Mortifying, embarrassing, cringe-worthy, but nothing new or surprising.

What is surprising and really disheartening is the laughter and encouragement from the crowd, even from the women. Is this just a select group of Trump die-hards, or do we have in this country a significant percentage of the population that also relishes this sort of cruelty?

If so, this is not the country I thought I was living in for the last 80 years. O tempora, O mores!

John T. Dillon

West Caldwell, N.J.