Who We Are
We are the ten signers of the appeal we addressed to We the People on Washinton’s Birthday*. We are members of their family, we are their friends and neighbors. We are Americans from all walks of life, of both genders and varied sexual orientations, of all races and ethnicities, of multiple creeds and faiths, who believe that united we stand and divided we may fall prey to the obscenity of Trump.
We have become increasingly distressed by the incompetent malevolence of Donald Trump for the past four years. We are worried by his lies, his refusal to allow any oversight, and wonder what he is hiding from We the People. We fear for our country as we watch Trump debase himself in the presence of autocrats, and attack democratically elected leaders of our long-term allies.
We see the effects of his divisive rehetoric and his destructive acts. We see our environment being ruined by polluters as Trump nullifies measures to protect it, pursuing immediate profit and heedless of long term damage.
We see that our long-cherished institutions have failed. The checks and balances are useless concepts when the officers charged with employing them fail in their duty. We are all victims of Trump’s abject failure to quell the pandemic. As failure piles upon failure, we watch as Trump and his cronies try to subvert our coming election, sowing confusion and doubt. We are afraid for our country, and for We the People. We must act now — no one but ourselves can do the job.
* The text of the Washington’s Birthday appeal is in the Our Letters section.
A nation which can prefer disgrace to danger is prepared for a master, and deserves one. - Hamilton