A lot of you are worried about the election next Tuesday. Some of you have even said you’re scared to death. I get it.
You’re afraid the nation we all grew up in will be changed forever because the worst person ever to be president in our country’s history might be elected again.
You’re afraid that too many Americans are going to ignore Lincoln’s warning when he said: “America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.”
You’re anxious because you fear Trump’s election would kill the dream generations of Americans have dreamed since 1776, the dream Martin Luther King, Jr. dreamed for our nation, the dream that America is the land of opportunity, the dream you want to pass on to your children and grandchildren.
You’re frightened that it will all be gone after next week. I get it.
Decent people can’t help but worry when everything they believe and believe in is under threat, but what I want to say to you is that this moment is also an exciting time, a once in a life-time chance for us – you and me and millions like us – to determine the future of a nation.
What a unique and historic opportunity that is.
In one week we get to tell the world we are still the America we’ve always been, not perfect by any means, but a nation that wants everyone here and around the world to have a chance to make the most of their lives, that we are still the America that values its friends and will stand by them no matter what.
We get to say with our votes that we still remember where we came from and will continue to “welcome the huddled masses yearning to breathe free.”
In a week we are going to win back the rights of women to be treated with respect, to be trusted to make decisions about their own healthcare politicians should never make, including whether or not to have an abortion.
Yes, we’re going to win the election you’re worried about. And let me be clear. What I am saying is not wishful thinking. The circumstances are on our side.
For one thing, this election is not close. The media wants you to believe it is. They’re wrong. What pollsters don’t tell you is that they give points to Trump and subtract them from Harris based on their subjective metrics they think levels the playing field (they don’t).
More important is that polls cannot measure enthusiasm, cannot measure the level of disgust people have for Trump, and both make people determined to vote.
Nor can polls measure the votes Kamala will get from Republicans. Liz Cheney recently said there are many more than people realize because they will never say so publicly. But they are telling her in private because they trust her more than they ever trusted Trump. I heard another former Trump staff member say the same thing.
If Trump loses 5 to 10 percent of Republicans, and that is very possible, he has no chance of winning, period.
On top of that, Democrats, especially women and younger voters, are going to vote in record numbers as they are already doing in early voting.
And then there is Trump himself. He maxed out his support a long time ago. And after the bizarre unhinged-ness that went on at the Madison Square Garden rally last Sunday, including all the meaningless rambling Trump did, he has no chance of picking up undecided voters this week.
It all adds up to a decisive victory for Kamala and Tim and, most of all, American democracy.
The icing on that victory cake will be the message we will send to Donald Trump that he’s fired for good and that America never wants to hear from him again.
And at the same time, we get to fire MAGA Republicans in Congress whose only goal is to keep our government from working.
In a week we will have the collective joy of having preserved, protected, and defended the Constitution of the United States of America.
There is no greater privilege for a citizen than that.
Together we will prove to ourselves and everyone watching that no one needs to try to make America great again because it is already great enough to send Donald Trump to the dung heap of history.
So relax, calm down, vote, if you haven’t already, and get ready for the best day November 5 could possibly be.
We’ve got this.
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I hope and pray you’re correct.
For once I believe I am.
I hope and pray you are correct. In my 80 years, I have never been more concerned about the outcome of an election. And, I’ve never felt more out of touch with a chunk of our population who can’t see what seems so obvious to me. I think I’ve lived too long and seen too much! Thanks, Jan!
I don’t understand Trump voters either. They are like citizens in other nations who failed to see the danger until it was too late. Which means we are the ones who have to save them from themselves as we save ourselves from them. Thanks.
BEAUTIFUL JAN…… All of us are working hard…..THANKS…Sent from my iPhone
Thanks, Hal. Great to hear from you!
Remarkable! Thank you for this. John
We’re in this together, John.
I’ve already voted. Not taking any chances.
You’re not alone, Mary. Joy and I are holding out for election day. Just like to feel directly involved in democracy in action.
Fingers crossed, Jan. I hope and trust you are right. Sue and I already mailed in our ballots. Can’t wait for the election to be over and to have Kamala for president! (And Tim, of course, as VP.)
I know exactly how you feel, Judy. I think most people feel the same way, even though it is a seminal moment in history.
Jan,
Thanks for this fully reasoned and thoroughly developed explanation; I agree completely! The polls cannot pick up the fact that many Republicans are voting for Kamala Harris and will not mention nor hint of their decision. It is sad, but true, that there are women who are afraid to tell their Trump-supporting husbands that they completely reject that woman-demeaning message spewed by DJT. Thus, we see another value of the secret ballot.
Our best to you and Joy.
Mary and Gene
Gene, I think the women in America hold the key to our nation being saved from Trump. Whatever they have to do to vote for Kamala, I hope they will do it. There are enough of them to silence any men who refuse to see them.
spot on Jan, landslide for Harris/Walz, and almost as important strong victories in the House and hold the Senate.
I’m with you, bro.
As one among the diverse crowd of 75,000 cheering on our National Treasure – Kamala Harris, I do believe you are correct.
While we parted ways after being packed in the Elipse for 5 hours, I shouted…See you all the Inauguration !!! It was pure joy to be there – a spiritual revival.
I kind of thought y’all might be there. You represented a lot of us. Wish we could attend the inauguration.
It would have helped for Biden not to step on Harris’ strong argument. He should have said that Trump supporters’ minds are being filled with garbage. Or, even better, not mentioned Trump supporters at all, just Trump.
I agree, but it hardly compares to the Trump rally in New York. More important than that is the Supreme Court decision giving Youngkin the go ahead in purging voters in VA. The Supreme Court is as big a danger to American democracy as Trump.