If you’re planning to vote for Trump because you like his position on [guns, taxes, abortion, whatever], please understand that your vote will indicate you also like his position on white supremacy.

A white supremacist you like better than Biden is still a white supremacist.
Imagine supporting a convicted pedophile for your local school board because you like their vision for education reform.
Imagine urging a local restaurant to hire a head chef who has said repeatedly that they like pissing in customers’ food — all because you like their plans for lowering prices.
Imagine hiring a babysitter for your kids because they have the same views on religion that you do. Never mind the fact they have a history of dropping babies down flights of stairs
Your vote is powerful. It matters. This election isn’t about partisan squabbles. It’s about the fundamentals of human decency.

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If you’re a white person in America, chances are good you know someone who thinks the way this person does.

Maybe you went to high school with them.

Maybe you’re related to them.

Maybe you’re married to them.

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I know some, too. They’re MY people.

I don’t want to claim them as mine. Neither do you.

But we have to.

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