Hundreds of writers sign anti-Trump open letter and petition

Hundreds of writers sign anti-Trump open letter and petition

By Chris Boyette at CNN

http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/25/politics/authors-letter-donald-trump/index.html

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The Trump campaign did not respond to a request for comment.

Many of the signatories are long-time, outspoken Democratic supporters, such as Stephen King, who has frequently thrown partisan jabs at other Republican politicians, including his own home-state GOP governor, Maine's Paul LePage, Florida Gov. Rick Scott and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.

But it's a who's who of contemporary American literature, with Pulitzer and National Book Critics Circle winners and other well-known authors having signed, including Jennifer Egan, Amy Tan, Rita Dove, Tobias Wolff, Richard Russo, Michael Chabon, Jane Smiley and Roy Blount Jr. among the many others.

It concludes: "We, the undersigned, as a matter of conscience, oppose, unequivocally, the candidacy of Donald J. Trump for the Presidency of the United States."


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