A thing we don't discuss much in civic life is morality. I don't mean a religious conception of the term, though that's part of it for those of us who connect with that. I mean the administration and its congressional supporters have crossed a line that isn't mere politics. /1

Evil is real. I don't perceive it as a supernatural force. I perceive it as something broken in a person that leads them to harm others through action or indifference. What these broken politicians are doing is evil. Destroying families and torturing children is evil. /2

Using entrusted power to deprive parts of this country of support because a majority of folks in those places don't back you is evil. Using entrusted power to encourage or coerce foreign powers to sabotage our republic is evil. Using a large platform to foment hate is evil. /3

Telling tens of thousands of lies to the nation you lead is evil. Downplaying a deadly pandemic for political gain is evil. Covering up for a bone-saw murderer is evil. Fascism is evil. The list could go on and on. What we are confronting is Evil.

And Evil is on the ballot.

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