I’m living abroad and I gotta say, things don’t look good from here. Maybe you don’t think it’s possible Trump could become some kind of authoritarian dictator, but no one ever votes one in on purpose. His best friends are Kim Jong Il and Putin. He has openly said war heroes are losers. He incites the fighting between different portions of the country and supports people who carry guns and shoot protesters. NOthing he’s done ever looked like it was going to be possible, including getting elected to start with.

Trump needs to be voted out unquestionably. This is no time to fuss over the ways Biden is not great. That means even if your vote is in a totally non-important, already-decided state, it still has to be clear we are all rejecting this fascist.

As for the Equality Act, it’s going to come to the table at some point, and maybe it’s better we get it there now. Having Trump there would just confuse the discussion since he would presumably reject it for the wrong reasons. Biden can promise to pass it, but if enough people make it clear why it’s not actually fair legislature, the debate will get stalled and the conversation will get out into the open, which is what we need.