After RBG died, I listened to @AOC say, there is someone in your life who only you can get to in this election, and it is your job to get to them.

Since then, I have been filled with anxiety knowing what I needed to do. For me, that's my 94 year old grandmother.
She has always voted Republican. My very first memory of politics was seeing polls during Gore v. Bush and her telling me she supported Bush but my parents supported Gore. I took one look at the two and said that I agreed with my parents.
After weeks of hesitation, I finally called my grandmother after SCOTUS justices indicated their intent to overturn Obergefell.

She has always been the greatest ally -- the first thing she said to me when I came out was that she wanted me to have a grandkid for her.
I have never called her crying, but I did today. I told her that in my work, I advocate for my community every day, and the last four years has been unbearably difficult for me. I told her the Republicans are trying to take away our right to marry, adopt, access health care.
I told her a vote for Republicans was a vote that would harm me and my future. I told her I was scared.

And today, my grandmother promised me she would vote for Joe Biden and @xjelliott. She told me that I'm the love of her life and that she would not break her promise.
I am still crying.

Please call your loved ones. Tell them what's at stake. Tell them it's personal. Because it's true. There is someone out there who only you can get to.

And their decision will mean the world to you.
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