I’m voting, proudly and loudly, for Vice President Kamala Harris, and the simplest reason is this: As president, Donald Trump will harm people I care about.

We’re at a twisted place in American history when voters must consider a presidential candidate we know will hurt others, will tear communities apart, will take the rights of people we love. We know it because he has said so, proudly and loudly.

But that’s where we are on the eve of Election Day – a twisted place.

To be sure, I’m ideologically aligned with Harris, and the policies she and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, have put forward push America in the direction I think it should go. Toward greater compassion. Toward fairness. Toward inclusivity.

But setting aside policy and qualifications and even personalities, ignoring entirely what I think Harris will do as president, I choose her for what she won’t do.

She won’t implement a draconian mass deportation plan. Trump will, and it will involve dragnets through communities across the country that will undoubtedly sweep up immigrants who are here legally.

It will involve detention........

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