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To the editor:
I'm hoping that by the time this letter has been published, a Kamala Harris victory will make my point redundant. But I don't have the confidence Nat Weiner has that Donald Trump, who already tried to make himself a dictator, will not succeed in doing that if he regains the White House.
Consider how many politicians, not to mention Supreme Court justices, have already kowtowed to him. I'm not confident that everyone responsible for maintaining checks and balances on the president's power will do so.
I supported the Green Party's Jill Stein in 2016. I gave money to her campaign, wrote letters to the editor in support and voted for her. I agreed with her positions then and I agree with her 2024 platform, which I have read.
But because I wrote "If people would abandon the Republicans, perhaps we could weigh Harris' proposals against Stein's," Weiner assumes I haven't looked at Stein's platform. I don't mind criticism of what I actually say but don't criticize me based on fact-less assumptions.
Harris is far from being an ideal candidate. But she's far better than Clinton or Trump. So by the time you read this letter, I will have voted for her to stop Trump.
Richard Warren
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