Forward Kentucky: Vote as if it’s your last chance to have your voice heard. Because it may well be.
By BERRY CRAIG
“We have moved into a new and frightening era in American politics and governance, one when radicals intent on a revolution and craving major disruption will be not just a vocal minority but potentially dominating a governing body,” political scientist Norm Ornstein wrote about Tuesday’s election.
His Atlantic magazine article was titled, “How Far Would a Republican Majority Go?” Millions of Americans are rightly worried that the Donald Trump-dominated GOP is poised to win back the House and Senate. “We cannot risk the full consequences of that brutal reality,” added Ornstein.
“The future of democracy in America is riding on this Election Day,” similarly warned a Philadelphia Inquirer editorial. “What happens on Nov. 8 will impact the presidential election in 2024 and beyond. Sadly, voters know that democracy is on the line, but many seem more focused on gas prices. ... Four years of Donald Trump’s corruption, lies, incompetence, hate, cruelty, racism, and cozying up to dictators should have shaken every patriotic American to their core. But instead, voters appear on the verge of electing scores of Trump acolytes who are poised to eat away at our state and federal institutions.”