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Re “I’m Ohio’s Governor. Here’s the Truth About Springfield,” by Mike DeWine (Opinion guest essay, Sept. 21):

It is nice that Governor DeWine has nice things to say about the Haitian immigrants who have moved to Springfield, Ohio. But by supporting the Trump-Vance ticket, Mr. DeWine is not putting his money where his mouth is and is essentially saying he would be just fine with four more years (or, God forbid, even more) of slanderous, violence-encouraging, hatred-building attacks against immigrants in his state and the rest of the country.

Governor DeWine, like all of us, has a choice. We can pretend that Donald Trump will magically become the exact opposite of who he has shown himself to be over nine years in politics and decades in the public eye, or we can do our part to ensure that he never comes near the White House again.

Wesley JosephUnion Vale, N.Y.

To the Editor:

Mike DeWine is “saddened” by how Donald Trump and JD Vance are using Springfield, Ohio, in their campaign rhetoric. But he still supports them in the coming election.

Let’s do a simple thought experiment, and assume for a moment that Springfield is the new home of 20,000 immigrants legally allowed into the U.S. under the same law, but that they arrived from Poland or Albania. Does anyone believe that this would be something that Mr. Trump and Mr. Vance would be talking about?

The underlying reason that they are targeting these law-abiding, hard-working Haitians should be obvious to anyone, and disqualifying for anyone seeking these high offices. C’mon, Mike, you are so close to getting this right — just one more step.

Lawrence B. PeckChicago

To the Editor:

Re “Trump Knows What He’s Doing in Springfield. So Does Vance,” by Jamelle Bouie (column, Sept. 19):

What the Trump-Vance campaign is doing with its focus on Haitians in Springfield, Ohio, is exactly what the George H.W. Bush campaign did in 1988 with its relentless ads in the media about Willie Horton, a Black man furloughed from prison during Michael Dukakis’s time as governor of Massachusetts. Mr. Horton committed violent crimes when released, the blame for which could not fairly be placed at Mr. Dukakis’s doorstep.

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