09/29/2024
For nine years, Donald Trump has represented an ongoing assault on the stability, the nerves, and the nature of the United States. As President, he amplified some of the ugliest currents in our political culture: nativism, racism, misogyny, indifference to the disadvantaged, amoral isolationism. “His narcissism and casual cruelty, his contempt for the truth, have contaminated public life,” the editors of The New Yorker write.
In contrast, the Democratic Party’s nominee, Vice-President Kamala Harris, has displayed the basic values and political skills that would enable her to build on the successes of the Biden Administration and to help end, once and for all, a poisonous era defined by Trump. Her positions on the critical issues are rational, undergirded by a basic sense of decency, and often compelling. This will be the first Presidential election since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade; close to 90 million women have registered to vote this November. As Vice-President, Harris has emerged as a leading voice on abortion, framing it powerfully as a matter of bodily autonomy and a right to health care.
“The United States simply cannot endure another four years of Donald Trump,” the editors write. “Kamala Harris—who has shown herself to be sensible, humane, and liberal-minded—is our choice for the Presidency.” Read the editors’ full endorsement of Harris: https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/mqEubx
