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Be smarter than Trump thinks

Sat., May 21, 2016

One can’t help but question the intelligence and integrity of a large voting bloc that supports a candidate who claims to have the intelligence and integrity to hire the right people to manage the U.S. budget, when he lacks the intelligence and/or integrity to hire people who can compute his own taxes, especially when the nation’s finances are a thousand times greater and more complex than his own.

It seems that he believes his followers lack the intelligence and integrity necessary to understand the importance of this issue and that they’ll let him get away with pretending to be able to lead this nation.

It is my hope that our nation’s voters are brighter than he hopes they are.

Mickey Thompson

Spokane

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