To the editor:
In just eight weeks, you can vote to save our democracy, our planet, and your own personal freedoms. You have that power, and your choice is as simple as it is stark.
Vice President Kamala Harris offers a brighter future for your family—and all Americans—including a guarantee of reproductive freedoms, voting rights, civil rights, and an economy based on economic opportunity for all. A former prosecutor and attorney general, Kamala has the experience, backbone, and character to be president, to stand up for working families and to stand up to bullies, liars, cheats, and fraudsters at home and abroad.
Her opponent represents the darkest side of human nature. Promising to be a dictator on “Day One,” he represents an America of continued chaos, violence, darkness, hate, fear, racism, continued carnage at our schools, stores, and places of worship—and a further widening of the gap between rich and poor. He is the un-American candidate.
In 1630, future Governor John Winthrop and passengers on the Arbella left England for Massachusetts, intending to be an example for the rest of the world in rightful living. During the voyage, Winthrop stated their purpose clearly: “We shall be as a shining city upon a hill, the eyes of all people are upon us.”
For almost 400 years—through a Civil War and two world wars—America has been a beacon of hope, freedom, and democracy to the world. Your vote for Kamala Harris just eight weeks from now—and the work you do to secure her victory—will ensure Winthrop’s vision remains alive here in Massachusetts and across the nation.
Lee Harrison
Williamstown
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