To the Editor:

In “ ‘Purple’ Family Values” (Op-Ed, July 2), Matthew Schmitz ties himself in knots trying to put a favorable spin on his fellow Nebraskans’ insistence that Donald Trump is a good man despite his obvious personal failings.

But I don’t buy his story that it reflects working-class values for the simple reason that if any liberal politician were guilty of such behavior, these same people would no doubt gleefully condemn him.

It’s more likely that these folks badly wanted to vote for Mr. Trump to poke a stick in the eye of the so-called elites, so they simply grabbed whatever flimsy excuses they could to overlook his sleazy behavior.

No complicated analysis required; it’s just plain old-fashioned hypocrisy, a common disease among people of all political persuasions through the years.