John,

It’s been two years since we lost Heather Heyer during a white supremacist
‘Unite the Right’ rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Neo-Nazis and far-right extremists infiltrated Virginia to march in
support of “whiteness,” carrying Confederate and Nazi flags. They trampled
on Charlottesville to spew racist hate speech and threaten violence
against people of color.

Heather was protesting the racist march when a car driven by a neo-Nazi
deliberately drove into a crowd of people, killing Heather and injuring
dozens more.

It was one of the most heartbreaking, shocking, and disturbing moments in
modern American history. Children learn about the KKK in school books, but
here it was right in front of them -- in 2017. People often think of overt
racism as a thing of the past, but here it was happening right in front of
all of us.

And Trump, whose job it is as president to comfort Americans in times of
tragedy, to stand up for what’s right, to denounce hate in all its forms,
to be a leader we can trust, said, “You also had people who were very fine
on both sides.”

Very fine people on both sides?

Since that day in 2017, things have only gotten worse. Trump doesn’t care
about the American people. Trump doesn’t care about communities of color.
Time and time again, he has sided with his far-right base, neo-Nazis, and
white supremacists, doing whatever it takes to maintain his grip on power
by refusing to condemn these hate groups.

Just last week, a mass shooter targeted immigrants and people of color in
El Paso, Texas. He published an anti-immigrant manifesto, using Trump’s
racist rhetoric. He killed at least 20 people.

And while this time Trump condemned white supremacy by reading a prepared
speech for the cameras, he refused to acknowledge his role in it. He
refused to admit that his hate speech, his discriminatory policies, and
his silence on these issues has allowed hate groups to flourish under his
presidency.

Trump is racist and with every passing day he sits in the Oval Office,
more people get hurt. There is no turning back: if you support Trump, you
are complicit in racism and white supremacist ideology.

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We’re at a dark crossroads in America. One day our children and
grandchildren will ask us what we did during the Trump presidency. Make
sure you can tell them you fought back.

Thank you,

-Yvette

Yvette Simpson, CEO
Democracy for America




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