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What a surprise, Gov. Gary Herbert supports Donald Trump! As an aside, Gov. Herbert's own title, by virtue of his willingness to meet with anybody who will donate money to his campaign, is Available Jones. Available Jones must feel that supporting Trump will get him re-elected. Available Jones says he supports Mr. Trump for two reasons, paraphrasing: 1) He thinks people like the way Trump speaks his mind. 2) He thinks Trump's VP choice is a good guy.

I have a response to both of your stated reasons for supported Trump:

1) If you respect Trump for speaking his mind, you must also respect what he is saying. I cannot possibly address all of Trump's anti-American ideas, so I will just address one: mass exportation of Hispanics. Such a mass exportation would surely require an aggressive military/police state-type action. I therefore conclude that you have little regard for the havoc this would impose on Utah's large Hispanic population.

2) Regarding Herbert's opinion that Trump's second in command is a sound person: We have the same thing here in Utah! Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox's refusal to endorse Trump shows that the lieutenant governor is a sound person. You, however, like Mr. Trump, are not worthy of the office you seek in November.

John Masek

West Haven