What Are Undecided Voters Thinking? (Ozy)

This week I had the pleasure of speaking with Ozy’s Nick Fouriezos about where my head is at on the 2020 election. Here’s what I had to say for his article, What Are Undecided Voters Thinking?

My No. 1 policy issue, since I got interested in politics, has been criminal justice reform. Regarding culture, I’m very motivated and concerned this year about democratic norms and civility within our government. It’s between Biden and my conscience, which makes me consider voting third party. I don’t believe Biden is a radical Democratic socialist. I’m very optimistic for what Biden could mean for reminding people that Democrats and Republicans don’t have to always be complete polar opposites. I respect that, because that’s how politics should work. It shouldn’t just be total war.

But Biden made it really hard for me with his VP pick. Kamala Harris is a total fraud when it comes to the issue of law and order, and policing — I think she is a “lock ’em up and throw away the key” kind of politician. I definitely buy the concern out there that Biden is not aging well. I just don’t see him being in control of the vehicle of the executive branch, and I distrust Harris. Still, I want to vote for Biden because this is about so much bigger-picture stuff than tax rates. We’ve got one guy who is not going to accept the results of the election and is calling on militia groups to stand by in case they are needed and to litigate the results. We’re headed toward a really dark place. At the end of the day, I feel this is what we are voting for: “Do we want a union or not? Do we want to trust our elections or not?”