Columnist's comments are off base

To the editor:
In the Feb. 26 edition of The Commercial Review, Leonard Pitts directs his superior intellect into the political arena using the Pope’s statement “A person who thinks about building walls and not bridges is not Christian”.
He goes further by thanking the Pope for, in his opinion, stating something that has needed to be said for a long time. One has to ask if the Pope has forgotten the wall which surrounds the Vatican.
Does this give rise to the thought that the Pope’s statement might be hypocritical?
He goes further to question Mr. Trump’s Christianity and knowledge of the Bible.
I did not realize that a prerequisite for public office was being a Christian, and having a vast knowledge of biblical verses. Granted it might serve the candidate better to be aligned with a certain faith, but I believe the average voter is more interested in how the candidate will serve if elected.
It has been widely asserted that Mr. Obama is secretly a Muslim, but I don’t see Mr. Pitts expounding on that issue.
Mr. Pitts goes on to mention a man in Las Vegas creating a disturbance as Mr. Trump campaigned and was escorted out by security.
He states that, “Mr. Trump, man of faith, said that he would like to punch the protester in the face.”
I believe Christians are sometimes guilty of that thought and verbal response. They do not, however, indulge themselves in the physical altercation.
As I have stated previously, Mr. Pitts is an over educated individual who envisions himself as the benefactor of downtrodden blacks, and likes to use words that the average individual requires a dictionary to understand.
He, most likely, wields substantial influence over the younger, college educated, generation looking for change.
We received the change Mr. Obama promised. How does it feel?
James Coleman
Portland