Defend the Vote!
- Norman Viss
- 3 days ago
- 1 min read
This coming Friday, August 28, I will be with – hopefully – thousands of others on the Mall in Washington, D.C., marching with the “Defend the Vote” protest. It is exactly the 63rd anniversary of the famous “I Have a Dream” speech of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
We march to defend the vote, because voting rights are under attack and the protections generations fought, bled, and died for are being weakened.
We march to defend civil rights, because attacks on diversity, equity, and inclusion are attempts to roll back access, opportunity, and representation.
We march for economic justice, because too many families are still fighting for fair wages, affordable housing, equal opportunity, and a fair chance to build wealth.
Woven throughout all of these issues are many complexities.
One can wonder how a march/protest could address these complexities meaningfully.
I join the march/protest for one reason: the current President of the United States has already shown himself to be willing to do everything possible, including condoning violence, to overturn an election he lost.
Up until today he still publicly maintains that he won the 2020 presidential election.
When his supporters rioted at and attacked the Capitol on January 6, 2021, he remained silent for about 2 hours while they desecrated and destroyed public property, interfered with lawful government functions, attacked Capitol Police officers, and threatened to harm and/or kill Members of Congress as well as the Vice President of the United States.
That’s all I need to know: while this man is president, our right to vote freely and fairly must be defended.
See you on the Mall!
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