Below is an excerpt from an article that originally appeared on Medium, written by Ben Sasse.
Most of our country believes this election is a disaster. Unless something changes, America — the greatest experiment in self-government the world has ever known — is going to spend the next four months shouting that the other party’s nominee is the bigger liar.
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Tragically, everyone knows that neither frontrunner tells the truth. My intent tonight is not to throw rocks. It is instead to start a larger conversation about what voting means and about the kind of candidates we want in the future — so that this never happens again.
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