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Why are you still in the country? Trump won, remember?

When my wife and I went to vote, we had our photo IDs in our hands to show who we were, only to be told they weren’t needed due to the court ruling postponing the voter ID law. Later that day, I went into a Dollar General to buy some beer to take over to my friend’s house, and even though I am well past 21, I needed to show my photo ID.

Apparently, people who don’t have a photo ID can vote but can’t buy beer. How stupid are we that one of the most important things we do as American citizens doesn’t require identification?

I hope all of the people, including but not limited to Jon Stewart, Al Sharpton, Spike Lee, Samuel L. Jackson, Cher, George Lopez, Barbara Streisand, Whoopi Goldberg, Miley Cyrus, Amy Schumer and Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, all have their bags packed and will follow through on their promises to leave the country if Donald Trump was elected president.

Don’t let the door hit you on the way out and don’t come back!

C. W. Barner, Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina

This story was originally published December 3, 2016 at 6:01 AM with the headline "Why are you still in the country? Trump won, remember?."

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