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Dear Donald,
I regret to inform you that I will not contribute to your campaign. I thought you were a self-funding candidate. I first heard Ronald Reagan say "Make America Great Again" in 1980, so I am returning your unoriginal M.A.G.A bumper sticker.
You have hijacked the Republican Party with your inflammatory rhetoric and obnoxious behavior. You have taken politics to its lowest level with your schoolyard taunts and petty name-calling. There is so much hate and cruelty in the air today while you continue to bully and bluster for the sake of self-aggrandizement. Most of what you say is some version of a deviant reality coming from your really great brain.
I no longer believe in the Republican Party. This GOP does not care about people. Minorities must feel like they are not wanted in the country. Building a wall shows us a lack of any ability to bring social progress. Instead we see hate, pride and nationalistic jingoism. Trump on the world stage would put the country in grave danger.
Don Hiddleson
Cottonwood Heights