1. United States
2. Letter

I am a person who fully understands the crucial importance, to our country and the world, of not allowing Donald Trump another term in office. That said, when faced with my ballot, and the moment in which I must vote for a extension of this current administration—in particular its continued, devastatingly appalling choices to support Israel’s ongoing genocide against the people of Palestine—I am finding it very, very difficult to mark that box. There’s never been a time when Israel’s behavior toward the people of Palestine was not horrific, but with every new day of this past year, it somehow continues to worsen. The UN and the international community condemns it. Our allies and other so-called civilized peers condemn it. Even the openly fascist leader of Italy condemns it! How are we still refusing to sanction Israel, refusing to enforce international law, and not only that, but literally STILL SENDING THEM WEAPONS THAT WE KNOW THEY CONTINUE TO USE ON CHILDREN? No person of conscience is going to easily vote for Kamala Harris right now, without being forced to suppress some amount of basic human empathy. Your strategy of denial and pursuit of the profits of war, while children die daily in front of the world’s eyes, weakens your credibility, and undermines the concern you both claim to hold for humanity. You are forcing Americans who care about the well-being of all life on the planet to make a choice between two terrible things. I will vote because it is my civic duty, but I genuinely don’t know if I can vote for Vice President Harris in the face of this latest round of US-sponsored atrocities. And I know far too many who feel the same, but who live in swing-states that will need a landslide victory if we are to avoid a potential (Musk and Theil-funded) civil uprising. Please pull the plug on this unconditional support, and do it now. Waiting until after the election is not a safe option. If you gamble and lose, the entire world loses, in ways that are too broad and devastating to even begin to contemplate. Sincerely, A voter of conscience