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I am 100% with Kathie Bailey May 19 letter "Sorry, Mike, no more'."

The three issues required to be met by a politician to garner her vote are spot-on.

Well said. We must continue to speak out and then vote.

Kathleen Rosati,Westerville

Ho hum. Another mass shooting by a man carrying a legal paramilitary weapon bought legally by the 18-year-old but then modified.

Officials say the motive wasracism, no doubt fed by those in conservative media (Foxs Tucker Carlson included), piggybacking on the fear of a non-existent Critical Race Theory, not satisfied with cancelling history.

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These fearmongers, backed by a majority of Republican elected officials, through willful agreement or dead silence, have introduced a new fear tactic: the replacement theory, which implies that minorities are coming to replace us, the whites.

Blacks, whose descendants were brought here as slaves centuries before ourEuropean descendants arrived, and who were counted by our Framers as 3/5 of a person, are here to replace us?

Latinos are coming to take our jobs?

The jobs most of us dont want?

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Hatred and ignorance have caused Republicans toabandon their principles while also abandoning the Constitution, ignoring Supreme Court nominations and election results, and allowing the misinterpretation of The Second Amendment to destroy so many lives.

They willingly choose to cause fear for two reasons they have nothing positive to offer our country, and because of their own fears fear of Trump, and, mostly, fear that standing up against racism, hate and the NRA will end the cash gravy train that they are riding.

Greg Ward, Dublin

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I read Stan Fulk's May 3 letter, "No one is saying you can't be LGBTQ+" inresponse to Jasmine Nicole Miller's April 28 column, "Transwoman: HB 616 a step against love,' understanding'."

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So, since House Bill 616 would ban both instruction and materials about sexual orientation and gender identity from kindergarten through third grade in all public and most private schools,we can conclude thatnoinstruction and materials about being heterosexual (or, for that matter, anything other than heterosexual) will be included as well...? (Hmmm.)

Jim Mergner, Columbus

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I couldnt agree more with Kathie Baileys May 19 letter "Sorry, Mike, no more'."

Her letter summarizes the feelings of a great number of Ohioans.

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I am a registered Republican but DeWine and the entire Republican party has moved too far right for me,and many more people than the Trump Republican party has realized.

They will find out however at the next election.The real question is, where are the moderate candidates in either party?

Chet Ridenour,Worthington

Note from Opinion Editor Amelia Robinson: Today's page features two viewsopposing student loan debt forgiveness, which isbeing considered by President Joe Biden.

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