Election Fraud

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Dear GOP Elected Officials,

I am writing this letter because I truly needed to say what was on my heart. What does democracy mean to you?

I am asking you:

• Do you really believe that the citizens in black and brown counties that the Trump administration is targeting should not have their votes counted?

• Do you really believe, voters who used the legal absentee ballot and voted by mail should be disenfranchised?

• Do you really believe what Donald Trump is doing is right? Do you believe it is good for the country?

• Do you really believe you have the moral high ground?

As a black woman in America I understand that this country, built on the foundation of democracy, did not have me in mind, even the electoral college was built counting my ancestors as 3/5th of a person. Still, somehow, I have always believed that every year we strive to be better, to do better.

I have to believe in an America that will not let one man destroy the ideals an entire nation was built on.

From the moment I turned 18 I have exercised my constitutional right to vote because I understood that my ancestors have not always had that right. Post-surgery, my mother picked me up from the hospital and drove me to my polling location in Brooklyn. The person I voted for lost, but even then, I felt heard, and counted.

The person I vote for does not always win, and until 2016, I understood that although I may not agree, or vote for the person who became president; that person was a guardian of all Americans.

I have watched in horror at the boldness of white supremacy uplifted and amplified by the President of the United States, while you sit in virtual silence. I have watched in horror at the spread of COVID-19 and the hundred's of thousands of deaths while you still sit in virtual silence. I have watched in horror as some of you profited by buying and selling stock while telling us everything was fine. I have watched in heartbreak at the government for the people, not actually representing the people. You have become representatives of only yourselves and your interest, and it is not only sad, but a gross dereliction of duty.

What is happening in our country today is not only disheartening it is frightening. I am watching you stand by in silence as one man, tries to destroy what one nation was built on. The very foundation of what you say you believe in is eroding from under you and you watch in silence. How long do you think silence will serve you?

At what point do you stand up for what is right?

If the election is thrown out, do you think the very people you disenfranchise would not rise up and vote you out of office? As you know, by watching the Donald J Trump marketing plan, anger at the enemy who is out to get you is a powerful motivator, his enemies are made up. The threat to disregard the vote some of our ancestors died to cast is very real. All those absentee voters would risk COVID-19 because you told us we don't count, you showed us you don’t want us to count, and we believe in democracy more than the people who have been elected to represent us.

My definition of democracy is this, government by the people. As an elected representative you represent all the people, not just the people that look like you, or the people that voted for you.

The preamble states this: We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.

Do you think you are upholding the constitution? Do you think you are representing all the people? I am asking you to hold up a mirror to your conscience. If you were a private citizen, and your representative acted in the manner that you are behaving what would you think? What would you do? If the shoe were on the other foot, would you be telling the Biden voters the people have spoken, move on? Let me answer that for you, it did, you did.

If you are religious, ask yourself if Jesus was one of your constituents what would you tell him? Would he be proud of your behavior? Truly, not just your stance on one issue, but your overall behavior.

You cannot condemn is private, but in public be silent. Silence is tacit compliance.

If you need a mirror reach out to me I will mail you one.

Sincerely,

A Disillusioned American Citizen, but a citizen who’s voice will be heard.