Four years ago, I wrote a letter to family and friends asking them to vote for a return to decency, to vote for Joe Biden. Our leaders should represent what is best in us and conduct themselves in a way that reflects the values we teach our children. Donald Trump, a dishonest narcissist and philanderer never met that standard. This disqualified him from leading our nation. My concerns were justified when, on Jan. 6, 2021, he violated his solemn oath to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”
I believed that Trump’s disgraceful performance marked the end of his political career. I was wrong. And I am more concerned than I was four years ago. Trump, now a convicted felon, is far too old. He does not have the physical or mental capacity to serve as president. But my greatest concern is that we stand to lose our democracy, which for 250 years, patriotic Americans have fought and given their lives to defend. (Trump thinks they were “losers” and “suckers.”) And behind him there is an unlikely alliance of foreign autocratic leaders, wealthy individuals like Elon Musk and religious extremists who think they would benefit by the loss of our democracy.