CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Kamala Harris was early.
On Saturday, the vice president took the stage slightly before 5 p.m. to make one last appeal to North Carolina voters ahead of Election Day. Surrounding me was a sea of signs passed out to supporters. Some were specific – “Latinos for Harris” and “Republicans for Harris” were two that stuck out to me – while others simply read “USA” and “freedom.”
“I have lived the promise of America, and today I see the promise of America in everybody who is here,” Harris told the crowd at PNC Music Pavillion.
To me, Harris represents a new way forward. Her policy positions are ambitious; her political values are aligned with my own. I’m not the only one who feels this way – millions of voters are looking to turn the page on former President Donald Trump. Seeing Harris speak affirmed my decision to cast my ballot for her.
I now live in a safe blue state where I could have easily forgone the choice altogether, but I chose to cast my ballot for Harris anyway.
The messaging from Trump, Sen. JD Vance of Ohio and the Republican Party is that their vision for America requires me to conform to their version of what I should be. I’ve repeatedly thought about Vance calling women like me “childless cat ladies.” My skin crawls when Trump, an adjudicated rapist, says he wants to “protect women.”
The reality is that only one party in this race sees me as a full human.
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