Hola Familia,

Tonight’s debate will demonstrate what New Yorkers have known for decades: Donald Trump is a disgrace to our city and our country. He built on his father’s ill-gotten fortunes through racial discrimination in housing. He built his public profile by slandering the Central Park Five. He ran on a racist platform, his administration has committed unspeakable crimes against immigrants, and he has given away trillions of public dollars in tax cuts to the wealthy elite like himself. All while he did nothing as 200,000 lives were lost to a preventable pandemic.  

Vice-President Biden can and should win and dispense with Trump’s reign, but that’s only a part of the problem. By any measure, Trump has been an abject failure and he should lose the election. But we don’t live in the world as it should be, we live in the world as it is. In 2021, New York must elect a Mayor who will fight for our city, not only against Trump if he succeeds, not just against the white-supremacist movement he inspires, but also against the root-causes of oppression that set the conditions for his political emergence.

As your Mayor, I will fight for every New Yorker against racist and xenophobic attacks, and I will work to destroy the structures of racism, miosgyny and economic injustice that flow through our systems of government. Right now, the city gets far less than what we send to Washington, and as Mayor, I will make sure they step up. I will fight for a People’s Bailout in the wake of the pandemic, more funding for our schools, more resources for NYCHA and housing for all.

And I will leverage the city’s power against ICE until that inexcusable agency is abolished from existence.

Together, we are building a politics for all people, and I need your support to do it.

And follow me on Twitter as I live tweet my reactions to the debates: @dianne4nyc

Pa’lante,

Dianne Morales