What does it take for supporters of Trump to reject him? Luring you in with his toxic rhetoric and (mostly) empty promises, ask yourselves, what has he actually achieved to make your lives better and/or safer?

Trump’s main priority is promoting “the big lie” about the 2020 election, which he legitimately lost. His run for president is not sincere. Why? He lacks the commitment to do what’s needed. MAGA rallies are held for him to bathe in your cheers and ask for “campaign” donations. Taking you for fools, he often misappropriates those funds to pay personal legal bills and as a resource for vendettas against those who are disloyal to him. His bruised, vindictive ego channels all his energy toward one goal: retribution. There is no empathy for you and your struggles!

Trump now encourages COVID vaccinations, then lies about the left discriminating against white people by “denying them vaccines.”

You are more intelligent than to fall for all these ruses! You need to wake up: Recognize Trump for the liar and grifter he is! Is so much deceit acceptable to you? Putting your blind trust into this corrupt, dishonorable man and his enablers is a careless gamble with the next generation’s future.

Tragically, as a consequence of “the big lie” and subsequent actions regarding elections taken by many public officials within the GOP, the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance is listing America, for the first time, as a “backsliding democracy” like Hungary and India.

The country you love is losing both its democratic values and its standing in the world frighteningly fast. Reject Trump(ism) and help reverse this trend!

One day you may be questioned about the role you played in this American crisis. What will be your excuse for not having acted to prevent this tragedy?

Sigrid R.E. Fischer-Mishler
Harpswell