Jon Meacham In His Own Words About The Importance Of Voting | MSNBC

As the election process has come under fire from the Trump administration, presidential historian Jon Meacham reflects on how voting is the most powerful non-violent tool we have in a democracy.

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[bjt]

When a candidate does not want people to vote, he knows he is not worth voting for.

[paulgeorge]

Oh man. This was truly heartfelt. Nice to hear sensible and eloquent talk. Thank You!

[kdplain]

I am voting for Biden / Harris and I pray you all are too. 🙏💙🇺🇸 Thank you, Jon. Your voice and words bring.a calm to me. 🙏💙🇺🇸

[richardowens]

Trump: "If there is democracy, I will lose this election. And, if there is the rule of law, I will go to prison. Therefore, I must destroy them both."

[gellewarsame]

The most powerfull non-violent tools are your Votes(VERY STRONG & POWERFULL WORDS) John Lewis was absolutely legend & right person.(history never lie)Your vote is very powerfull tool.

[catalinacurio]

John is right, voting is your right, don’t waste it but instead appreciate those who fought so’s that you can! Any person who tries to take that right from you does not have your best interest at heart!

[tonylang]

THE IMPORTANCE TO A DEMOCRACY AS BREATHING IS TO LIFE!!!

[misunshine]

God bless John Lewis! Another one, better than we deserved. To spend your entire life, fighting to have the Constitution, apply to every American. But still, we fight! RIP kind sir!

[Naomibyl]

The thing trump fears is your vote so VOTE FOR FREEDOM stand together in union

[joelbuchanan]

John Meacham is a HERO! He is someone to look up to for understanding and clarity on how the US has behaved and what our compass should be. I have great respect for his understated elegance and dignity.

[marypiccola]

Powerful!!! Vote early!!! Turn Texas blue

[seaside]

Please don't mail your ballot in and give Trump any excuse. Drop your ballot off at a designated site. Your vote counts!

[perryrobles]

“Mr. Meacham, that was AWESOME. You’re a WORD person 2.”

[cynthiakozikowski]

John knows how to make us cry for our nation. 😥😥😥😥😥😥😥

[liona]

Thank you, Jon Meacham, for reflecting on the importance of voting this November 2020.

[connybartels]

Thank you mr. Meachem for speaking out of the importance of voting.

[michaeldunson]

Voting day should be a federal holiday for president and congressional elections

[nancychandler]

Oregon has one of the lowest per capita Covid 19 cases. Good job protesters. Keep those masks on and social distance in Portland. 💜🙏🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[quietwyatt]

_NOTE! This is a broadside not a sweet “Tweet”. But hey, this is not Twitter. If it’s too much for you to handle, move on. But If you are deeply appalled by what’s happening in this Country, read on._

👉 *VOTE! BECAUSE WE STILL CAN!* 👈
🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

*WE HONOR AND CHERISH* the memory, the courage, and the spirit of those Americans who suffered and fought and died whether willingly or unwillingly in the name of our Nation: on the battlefields, on the cotton fields, on the Great Plains and the River Valleys, and those Americans who are today being assaulted, beaten, shot and murdered by unrepentant and undeniably racist police forces befitting a fascist regime, and those Americans who daily fill our hospitals fighting a novel virus, contagious and deadly. But if we wish to make this claim of honor true, first we must honor Truth itself; for, Truth is the only thing that cannot be overcome. *AND TRUTH IS NOW TELLING US WHAT MUST BE DONE!*

*REGRETFULLY, IN THE LIGHT OF REASONABLE AND SOUND REFLECTION upon*

👉His fluency of falsehoods,
👉His fear of criticism and responsibility,
👉His insistence on taking credit where credit is not due,
👉His deficit of emotion-regulation resulting in juvenile displays, personal attacks and insults unbecoming an adult,
👉His overt misogynistic words and deeds in the extreme continuing throughout his presidency.
👉His incumbency and his bid for reelection totally void of any plan, agenda, mandate, message, or ideas,
👉His inability to maintain discretion on social media, _and_
👉His increasingly bizarre and unstatesmanlike behavior that reveals an unstable and diagnostic personality, has cost the United States such extreme a cost that *President Donald Trump has forfeited the trust and the confidence of those government institutions in his charge that possess knowledge, sensitive and secret, of matters affecting national security that they cannot in good confidence share with him — their President and Commander-in-Chief!*

*THIS SITUATION* is untenable, unworkable, and gives rise to threats both domestic and foreign to the United States. *WE CANNOT NOW AFFORD THE LUXURY OF BEING AFRAID* Our moment, described as an “Inflection Point”, has come calling and in this election year of 2020, we have something to do — Let this be *OUR* remedy!

*OUR NATION*, imperfect, ever learning and self-correcting, possesses the keys to enjoy “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness”. Nevertheless there comes, from time to time, challenges to this ideal that require remediation. In these times we shall insist that our citizenship be recognized and counted, uncontested!

*AMERICA WILL NOT BE DISGRACED ANY LONGER!*

👉THIS PRESIDENT has been derelict in his duties,
👉THIS PRESIDENT has undermined The Constitution of the United States,
👉THIS PRESIDENT has committed crimes of human cruelty at our Nation’s southern border - potentially to include crimes against humanity,
👉THIS PRESIDENT has been legally impeached,
👉THIS PRESIDENT has not achieved any tangible act toward the betterment of the Nation,
👉THIS PRESIDENT has withheld information he is required by law to produce,
👉THIS PRESIDENT has verbally insulted our Servicemen and Servicewomen in our Nation’s military by calling them “suckers” for joining the service!
👉THIS PRESIDENT has been curiously evasive amid investigations persuant to the nature of his relationship with the Russian President, Vladimir Putin.
👉THIS PRESIDENT is openly encouraging extreme street violence at the level of complicity.

_This list of offenses, while not exhaustive, provides more than enough cause to pursue criminal charges!_

*ALL OF THE ABOVE IS CLEAR, IS OBVIOUS, AND IS TRUE; AS WELL, IT IS KNOWN TO BE TRUE BY ALL BRANCHES OF THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT, BY THE FBI, BY THE UNITED STATES MILITARY, et al; AND BY THE PEOPLE OF THIS NATION!*

*BE IT KNOWN*
*DONALD TRUMP, AS PRESIDENT, IS AN EXISTENTIAL THREAT TO THE UNITED STATES AND HE MUST BE DISMISSED FROM HOLDING OFFICE!*

*THEREFORE:*
*WE SHALL* lawfully heed any required safety measures due to COVID-19 without protest or complaint to include wearing face coverings, gloves, and practicing social distancing.

*IN RETURN*
*WE* will not tolerate any barriers, threats, obstructions, hindrances or intrigues of any kind by any party whether from inside the United States or abroad by design or effect that suppresses, deters, delays, denies, manipulates, interrupts, or otherwise alters *OUR CIVIL RIGHT AND OUR CIVIC DUTY TO CAST OUR VOTE INVIOLATE AS IT IS GUARANTEED BY THE LAW OF THE LAND — ON OR BEFORE ELECTION DAY — IN ORDER TO DO WHAT WE MUST IN THE NAME OF **_TRUTH_** AND **_JUSTICE_** TO REMOVE AND REPLACE THE PRESIDENT, DONALD TRUMP!*

[mrfugazi]

America this is the most important vote you will ever be asked to do and trump needs to go