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Trump a Mussolini clone?

I’ve been voting in presidential elections since 1952, and this is the weirdest and scariest yet. Donald Trump is a master of demagoguery (on steroids). He is a lewd, lecherous liar who would be a disastrous president.

I’m old enough to remember the Second World War and the fascist dictator of Italy, Benito Mussolini. Trump resembles this pompous strutting thug, so maybe Trump is a clone of Benito.

Republicans should be careful of what they wish for. If elected, Trump would be the last Republican president for at least a generation.

If ignorance is bliss, why are so many GOP politicians unhappy?

Ralph Thompson

Richmond

This story was originally published October 25, 2016 at 8:03 PM with the headline "Trump a Mussolini clone?."

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