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David Schortner: Who can lead us to victory in World War III?

Re “Think before voting for Trump” (Letters, March 22): I don’t like bigmouth egomaniacs, especially rich ones. But the letter comparing Donald Trump to Adolf Hitler is pure hate-speak. It’s despicable.

Hillary Clinton could also be compared to Hitler. Both became very wealthy as a result of being career politicians. Clinton talks about Republicans like Hitler talked about Jewish people. Trump insults everybody, so unlike Clinton, he’s not a hypocrite. Who knows if Trump would use nukes? But our enemies would walk all over Clinton like they walk over Obama. World War III has already started. The No. 1 question for voters should be: who can lead our side toward victory?

David Schortner, Modesto

This story was originally published April 18, 2016 at 12:09 PM with the headline "David Schortner: Who can lead us to victory in World War III?."

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