To the Editor:

Re “Challenge Trump From the Right,” by Joe Walsh (Op-Ed, Aug. 15):

Censure of President Trump from the left is to be expected. But condemnation of the president from the right is especially welcome. Mr. Walsh has made a clear and convincing case that conservatives need to abandon the Trump campaign in 2020.

However, I believe that conservatives like Mr. Walsh need to put Mr. Trump’s re-election prospects to bed by running a Conservative Party candidate in 2020 with the aim of siphoning off sufficient votes to make a Trump win impossible. Such a move could play an enormously restorative role for conservatism by making Trumpism a losing strategy for the Republican Party.

John Forsayeth

San Francisco

To the Editor:

Former Representative Joe Walsh has summed it up perfectly. The Republicans need someone who honestly represents their platform. A candidate of moral character and governing experience could then face a Democratic candidate of equal qualifications. Debating the issues — how refreshing that would be.

Katherine Teti

Morristown, N.J.

To the Editor:

Mr. Walsh, in response to your disappointment that no one is challenging President Trump from the right, the obvious question is: How about you?