'Don't be a coward,' Wake man says of person who sent hate mail over his Trump signs

Nodine, who also flies a Trump flag outside his front door, said he allowed the local Trump re-election campaign to put a large sign supporting the president in his front yard along Strickland Road.

The letter was in a manila envelope addressed "To the resident" that also included anti-Trump political cartoons and editorials.

Nodine, a 79-year-old lifelong Republican, said simply, "I'm not going to take anything down."

"I am disgusted by it," he said of the language in the letter. "It just really makes me mad, but you know, I got that right to get mad, I guess."

He called the Wake County Sheriff's Office but was told that, because there was no explicit threat to him or his family in the letter, deputies really couldn't do anything.

If someone does remove his signs and flags, authorities told him, that person could be charged with trespassing and theft.

"I still think it's hate mail. It's hate mail to me," Nodine said. "I'm not easily hurt, but it was disturbing."

The sheriff's office and Raleigh police said they haven't had any other reports of similar anti-Trump letters.

Nodine said he's installing security cameras around his home and warns anyone who would steal his Trump signs that he will get law enforcement involved.

"You know, it's a little disturbing to say, if I don't remove the sign, they'll have it removed, or it will be removed," he said. "For people to put out something like that, they need to go out and get a job and go to work and help support other people."

He said he would like to talk to whoever sent the letter.

"Talk to me in person and don't be a coward about it," he said. "Come and see me – they know where I live – and I'll be glad to talk to them."