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Hate for Trump isn’t OK, but it’s apparently fine for Obama, Bush

President Barack Obama meets with President-elect Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Nov. 10.
President Barack Obama meets with President-elect Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Nov. 10. The Associated Press

RE: “Come together and give Trump a chance” (Tribune, Dec. 5):

R.L. Hyde calls for uniting in support of Donald Trump while calling presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama incompetent and dunderheads. While pleading with protesters to not throw around slogans of hate and division toward Trump, apparently it’s OK to throw around hate and division toward the current and previous presidents.

Tom Wilzbach, Morro Bay

This story was originally published December 11, 2016 at 4:37 PM with the headline "Hate for Trump isn’t OK, but it’s apparently fine for Obama, Bush."

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