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Letter: On MLK Day, Donald Trump showed who he really is

FILE - In this June 27, 2012, file photo, Donald Trump stands on the 14th fairway during a pro-am round of the AT&T National golf tournament at Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Md. Donald Trump wants to make one thing perfectly clear — he doesn't cheat in golf. Trump also says he has never played golf with former boxer Oscar De La Hoya, who earlier this week questioned Trump's integrity on the golf course. Trump told The Associated Press on Thursday, May 5, 2016, he respects the game too much to cheat and is good enough to have won a number of club championships. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
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Letter writer says President Trump spent MLK weekend at his Florida vacation home.
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Over Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday weekend, President Donald Trump did one of the most honest things he’s done in the last year: spend his three-day weekend at his taxpayer-funded Florida vacation home. By virtually ignoring the MLK holiday, he showed how much he didn’t care. That’s who he is.

If that man showed up at the MLK memorial, it would have been disingenuous, hypocritical and a slap in the face to the African-American community after his recent racist comments and his history of racist behavior. While he claims he is the “least racist person,” Donald Trump is everything but.

Jan Weiss
Martinez

 

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