I write to you with a warning from the past.
It was January 2, 1939, that anxious moment in history. The world was on edge as fascism spread its hate and destruction through Europe.
On that day, California Governor Culbert Olson delivered an inaugural address to raise the alarm with lawmakers and the people of this great state. He spoke of California’s most determined task in the face of “the destruction of democracy.”
At that moment, the state’s highest calling was “the preservation of our American civil liberties and democratic institutions.”
This year, we face another extraordinary moment in history — for California, for the country, and for the world.
Will we be a society that embraces our values, or one darkened by division and discrimination?
Tomorrow night is the first presidential debate in the most important presidential election in modern American history, and we will see those two visions represented on the stage.
And while I am confident Joe Biden will do his job tomorrow, all of us have a role in supporting him if he is going to win this election. Because the outcome is not something we can all sit back and witness or just hope turns out the way we want, it is something we must manifest.
So with that in mind, I have an important request:
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I'll be in Atlanta tomorrow supporting the president. I hope you'll join me with your support as well.
- Gavin Newsom
