They recklessly harassed a Biden/Harris bus on a busy highway because we scare them.
They threatened to march around polling places with guns because we scare them.
They pepper-sprayed children, children, during a march to go vote because we scare them.
They sue to invalidate legally submitted ballots, ostensibly because they didn’t like the collection method of the ballots, but really because we scare them.
They put up phony ballot boxes in California, of all places, to hoodwink voters because we scare them.
They set ballot collection boxes on fire because we scare them.
We scare the Republicans and all those who support Donald Trump, because they know that all the things they did were wrong, immoral, and indefensible.
Because Mitch McConnell blatantly kept President Obama from making judicial appointments, hoping and waiting for a Republican to come into office so that he could stack the courts with right wing ideologues out of step with a majority of Americans.
Because the Republican Congress passed a tax bill that overtly benefits the rich and powerful at the expense of those who live from paycheck to paycheck.
Because the Republicans have done everything in their power to undermine the Affordable Care Act without proposing a substitute; they aren’t even trying.
Because when the pandemic dropped, Republican Congress members and Senators looked the other way while folks became infected and began to die. Worse, some said that the elderly would have to sacrifice themselves for the good of the nation (i.e., their profit margins) so that the lockdowns would come to an end and businesses could reopen.
Because regardless of how many murderous cops and police agencies Republicans prop up, Black Lives Still Matter, Always Have Mattered, and Will Continue To Matter.
Because when all else fails, Republicans lie, cheat, and steal to maintain power. They do their damndest to prevent the opposition from voting. They close polling places and force people to stand in hours-long lines. They shorten the early voting period. They lodge court challenge after court challenge to keep as many ballots from being counted as possible.
Republicans do all of these things because they are morally bankrupt. People in the right who have the votes do not have to do these things.
But today’s Republican Party truly has no leg to stand on. So by hook or by crook, they will do what it takes to win. Every desperate act only proves just how much we scare them, and just how much their fear will drive them to deeper depths of immorality.
We scare them. We cannot let them scare us. Keep voting.
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