Opinion: George Takei: Enough of Trump's Cruel Chaos. We Must Vote Harris
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/opinion-george-takei-enough-of-trump-s-cruel-chaos-we-must-vote-harris/ar-AA1oFB14?ocid=windirect&cvid=4c896a61c6624988bacaff06487e8a7f&ei=26
Opinion by George Takei (12 Aug 2024)
When right-wing politicians target trans people, and even trans kids, with their weirdly obsessive policing of genitals, while extremist leaders and influencers call for the "eradication" of ->-bleeped-<-, I know that this same hatred began back in Germany in the 1930s, the decade I was born. Few people realize this today, but the first book bonfire in Nazi Germany was not of Jewish authors but of the library of the Institute for Sexual Research in Berlin, once a safe home for the trans community.
Imagine an election where the Democratic nominee was not the President but rather the former Vice President, who is suddenly thrust into the national spotlight. Meanwhile, conservatives in the GOP rally behind an extremist...
... the Democrat runs on a platform of hope and equality, championing a progressive, pluralistic platform and then chooses—get this—a liberal politician from Minnesota as a running mate. Together they go on to win a landslide victory with a whopping 61 percent of the popular vote.
That exact scenario isn't from 2024... it was from 60 years ago, in 1964, coincidentally the same year both Kamala Harris and Tim Walz were born. In that election, Lyndon B. Johnson ran with Hubert Humphrey and destroyed the far-right GOP candidate, Barry Goldwater of Arizona.
And I believe the GOP will see the same crushing result.