Joe Biden now has Colin Powell and Cindy McCain speaking for him at the Democratic Convention. But DonaldΒ Trump has the gun totin' couple from St. Louis. So... I call that even.
If you are considering voting for Trump for your taxes or personal gain, you are voting against democracy and human rights. Is your personal gain more important than human rights and democracy? Ask yourself that question and then ask your kids the same question.
Trump jacked around for two months as COVID swept America, lying, denying it was coming, and failing to prepare this country for the pandemic.
But someone pisses him off on Twitter and the government moves like a scalded dog.
When asked about a politicianβs suggestion that the poor of America lift themselves up by their bootstraps, soprano Jessye Norman (1945-2019) replied with regal righteousness,
βSome people have no boots!β
Iβm bi, and my people love me. Baldwin was gay, and black people worship him like a god. Langston was gay and every black parent wants their child to learn his poetry. Try againβ¦
Let this sink in:
There are tanks in the nationβs capital and concentration camps at its border.
The drift to toward the unimaginable is unmistakable.
I have absolutely zero patience for completely certified, card-carrying and flag-waving racists. None. π«
They can take their little tiki torches somewhere else.
We donβt give them an inch, a second, a sliver of sunlight nor the time of day. And neither should you.