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Republicans play resistance game, too

In response to Dennis Schmierer’s letter “Dem’s resistance harms Trump” (March 16):

He states in the end of his letter “Never have I seen such hatred!” I have: Jan. 20, 2009 through Jan. 19, 2017.

In October of 2010, Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky said, “The single most important thing we want to achieve is for President Obama to be a one-term president.”

About that same time, Speaker of the House John Boehner said of President Obama’s agenda, “We’re going to do everything – and I mean everything we can do – to kill it, stop it, slow it down, whatever we can.”

Maybe Mr. Schmierer did not see that, or see what they did to President Obama during his time in office. But I remember.

Roseann Monroe, Fresno

This story was originally published March 20, 2017 at 1:46 PM with the headline "Republicans play resistance game, too."

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