Donald Trump gave a most un-American speech last night.  He attempted to undermine democracy, to disenfranchise voters with baseless claims of fraud.  To claim that he can not lose, if only legal votes are counted, while undermining the hard work, the diligent work of election workers that are on the front-lines of making democracy work.  Claiming that mail-in ballots are fraudulent without basis.  These are words of a dictator. Words that could only be labeled as un-American.
Words matter, but his should be dispersed to the winds, and never be recorded for histories sake, except to illustrate why he had to go, why he must not be part of our government.  It is no surprise to me, it is as I expected.  Will Republican Senators and Congressmen stand up to him?  Someone must, we all must.
Ah the wisdom of our early republic, to have the states manage elections in their own way, so that they may not be invalidated in a sweeping motion of a dictatorial executive.  Now I understand, what was hidden by a previously inconceivable scenario, that could not be seen until Trump arrived with intent to undermine our democracy, and fortunately he finds too few levers in the federal government, for each state manages the election process in their state, and the results are in the form of an electoral college.  Thankfully it is not the popular vote, through a federal election process.  What great wisdom our founders had.
But we must also recognize that some 69 plus million people supported Donald Trump for another 4 years.  Their issues and their worries must be respected.  They are worried, I believe, about the impact of socialist tendencies of the left-wing of the Democratic party.  It is vital for the process of uniting our country both that Joe Biden wins, but also that he and Kamala Harris hold socialist tendencies at bay.  We can get there but we have a long way to go to a future where we can work together for the common good of all Americans, even DJT and his family.