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Why I Am Scared For November 8, 2016

We are all ready for it to be over, but we must remember to vote, to make our voices heard.

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Why I Am Scared For November 8, 2016
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Dear fellow millennials,

If you are 18 years old, you need to vote. Growing up, people always said you should vote, but I never thought that I would be the person advocating for young people to go out and vote. There has never been such an important election than this one.

Do you love either candidate?

No.

But at this point, it is the lesser of the evils. Donald Trump will undo everything we have come to know and love, he will literally set us back 50 years.

I have two main problems with this man. First, America has always been a place of rescue, people from other countries come here to make a better life for themselves and their families. Personally, I believe this is one of the best aspects of America. I love being able to walk down the street and be able to see many people of different races. In his mind, a successful American should be a white man. Racism is obviously still a problem in this country, why would we want a President that is racist himself?

My second issue, sexual assault, whether he did it or not, is not a joke. Sexual assault should not be pushed off and laughed off as "locker room banter". I do not know what scares me more, the fact that he actually, truly believes he never assaulted anyone or the fact that he doesn't really seem to care. Every day women and men are assaulted, and it is because of men like Trump, the men that believe they are "untouchable", that these victims do not come forward.

So please, go out and vote. Because an un-casted vote is a vote for a man who does not know the first thing about being the President of this country.

Need to know last minute register? Go to Rock The Vote and make a difference.

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