To the Editor:
Re “Trump and My Fears for My Family,” by Aziz Ansari (Sunday Review, June 26):
Mr. Ansari, it is appalling that you would have to tell your mother not to go near a mosque. By “appalling” I do not mean what you said. I mean that this was prudent, that this is the state of our country.
Sir, I offer you what I can. You and other Muslim Americans are welcome in my home, my place of refuge. I am a white man, retired, and I stand against everything Donald Trump is about.
I realize that by identifying myself in this forum I may be a target for Trump supporters. You and I can be scared together. And, sir, we can vote in November.
DAVID R. GROUT
Oceanside, Calif.
Note from KBJ: I stand with Donald Trump, and I, too, vote in November.
