What We Deserve

To the editor:

No matter our background, zip code, or political party, most of us believe that violence has no place in our political process and that weapons of war have no place in our communities. We all deserve to live our lives, move through our communities, and engage in our political process peacefully - whether running for office, holding office, or running through a school hallway.

Fayette County voters in this election have a chance to reject a MAGA movement that feeds, grows off, and promises more violence and choose instead a country where no one fears for our lives or our loved ones. A country where we ban weapons of war so they’re not used against elementary schoolers, politicians, moviegoers, or concert attendees. A place where the people who represent us respect our freedoms - to live without fear of gun violence, to cast our votes and have them counted, and to decide for ourselves what our futures will hold.

Kirk Pate Flatonia