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Strengthen laws

With so many anti-Semitic incidents happening throughout the United States, the response by President Trump has been wishy-washy.

Or was that Steve Bannon’s response? No matter.

What Trump has to do is: Write a letter to all 50 governors asking them to request their legislators to review their hate-crime laws and make them stronger; then request Congress to do the same with federal hate-crime laws and bring them in line to support the states’ laws.

Ike Semaya, Miami

This story was originally published March 1, 2017 at 8:30 PM with the headline "Strengthen laws."

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