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Letters: Swamp might not be right word

AP

Little did then-candidate and now-President Donald Trump realize, when he talked about “draining the swamp,” that it would be turning into quicksand. Words matter.

Claire Meltzer

Columbia

This story was originally published March 14, 2017 at 5:43 PM with the headline "Letters: Swamp might not be right word."

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