Lydia Millet

Because Trump allowed a lethal pandemic to spread throughout the country because of personal arrogance and incompetence

Trump proved his unfitness to be president the first time around, allowing a lethal pandemic to spread throughout the country in large part because of personal arrogance and incompetence. Now, as before, he wants to gaslight us all—what’s true is false, what’s fact is fantasy, and neither the future nor the past is real.

Vice President Harris is orders of magnitude out of his league as a candidate, public servant, and human being. She will work to protect the democracy we have rather than tear it down; work to curb climate breakdown rather than watch the planet burn; and work to help those who are suffering instead of grinding them into dust while claiming to be their man.

There’s simply no comparison. We have to vote for the candidate who has reason and wisdom, accepts science, demonstrates empathy, and is not an outright racist, misogynist homophobe; we have to vote against the candidate who has already been abundantly proven as a profligate liar, felon, sexual predator, profiteer, autocrat, and fool.

Lydia Millet is the author of numerous books, including A Children’s Bible (2020) and We Loved It All: A Memory of Life (2024).