Delco needs to send a message to Trump

To the Times:

And so it continues. Donald Trump, who has had at least nineteen sexual assault allegations levied against him, and is on tape bragging about a twentieth, has crossed yet another line in human decency.

Earlier this month, while campaigning in Mississippi, Mr. Trump mocked Dr. Christine Blasey Ford’s description of a violent sexual assault perpetrated against her when she was a teenager, generating laughter from an auditorium of supporters. Anyone who remembers Mr. Trump’s mockery during the 2016 campaign of a reporter with a physical disability was not surprised by Mr Trump’s cruelty. Dr. Ford’s attorney described Mr. Trump’s comments as “vicious, vile and soulless.” We couldn’t agree more. Despite referring to Dr. Ford as a ”credible witness” only a few days earlier, all that mattered to Mr. Trump in Mississippi was playing to his base - regardless of the human cost.

This week, when asked if it was appropriate to mimic Dr. Ford, and call her a liar his response shows his true colors: “It doesn’t matter. We won.”

Donald Trump’s behavior is so appalling that even Delco GOP Chair Andy Reilly is trying to distance himself. The voters of Delaware County need to remember that if not for the willingness of local enablers such as Reilly - as well as Reilly’s Electoral College vote - we would not have a president who embarrasses us at home and abroad on a nearly hourly basis.

Despite multiple visits by candidate Trump, Delaware County soundly rejected the Republican standard bearer by a vote of 37-59.3 percent for Hillary Clinton. Now, after enduring almost two years of this dangerous man and his morally bankrupt presidency, I call upon all the voters of Delaware County - Republicans, Democrats and Independents - to vote on Nov. 6 and send an unambiguous message to the president and his local enablers: we are better than this. Our country is better than this.

Presidential behavior does matter, and when the people vote, we win.

Colleen Guiney, Chair, Delaware County Democratic Party, Swarthmore