The American people believe, in my opinion, that Joe Biden is the right candidate for this moment. He is the anti-Trump. Joe is competent, smart, warm, experienced and just about everything else that our country needs him to be... that the current White House occupant is not.
MSNBC host Joy Reid interviewed Mary Trump last night. In this video segment, Ms. Trump cites two factors that she believes will ensure Trump will not challenge the election outcome or resist the obvious eviction he faces. This video is less than four minutes long.
I believe WE -- the American electorate -- can and will make that happen. The zeitgeist in 2020 is just not on Trump's side. He doesn't have a rabbit that he can magically pull out of his hat. He's got a very limited repertoire of tricks. We already know he thinks Fascism is his ticket to victory. As long as we stay focused, he will be toast on the day after the election.
In 2000, the election was close.
In 2016, other factors made the election close enough that Trump was able to demagogue his way into office.
That's just not going to happen this time. By the way, I'm not superstitious. Just make sure you and your family and friends VOTE.
On this day which marks the funeral of Congressman John Lewis, the New York Times published his final op-ed essay.
Like so many young people today, I was searching for a way out, or some might say a way in, and then I heard the voice of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on an old radio. He was talking about the philosophy and discipline of nonviolence. He said we are all complicit when we tolerate injustice. He said it is not enough to say it will get better by and by. He said each of us has a moral obligation to stand up, speak up and speak out.
Democracy is not a state. It is an act, and each generation must do its part to help build what we called the Beloved Community, a nation and world society at peace with itself.
Ordinary people with extraordinary vision can redeem the soul of America by getting in what I call good trouble, necessary trouble. Voting and participating in the democratic process are key. The vote is the most powerful nonviolent change agent you have in a democratic society. You must use it because it is not guaranteed. You can lose it.
You must also study and learn the lessons of history because humanity has been involved in this soul-wrenching, existential struggle for a very long time. People on every continent have stood in your shoes, though decades and centuries before you. The truth does not change, and that is why the answers worked out long ago can help you find solutions to the challenges of our time. Continue to build union between movements stretching across the globe because we must put away our willingness to profit from the exploitation of others.
Though I may not be here with you, I urge you to answer the highest calling of your heart and stand up for what you truly believe. In my life I have done all I can to demonstrate that the way of peace, the way of love and nonviolence is the more excellent way. Now it is your turn to let freedom ring.
When historians pick up their pens to write the story of the 21st century, let them say that it was your generation who laid down the heavy burdens of hate at last and that peace finally triumphed over violence, aggression and war. So I say to you, walk with the wind, brothers and sisters, and let the spirit of peace and the power of everlasting love be your guide.John Lewis' truth is marching on.
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