“Fight against, no matter your political persuasion,” he continued, “the dictatorial tendencies of the candidate with zero experience in the much-maligned but subtle art of governance; who is against lots of things, but doesn’t seem to be for anything, offering only bombastic and contradictory promises, and terrifying Orwellian statements; a person who easily lies, creating an environment where the truth doesn’t seem to matter; who has never demonstrated any interest in anyone or anything but himself and his own enrichment.”
The crowd honored Burns’s speech with a long standing ovation and only scattered boos.
…
“We no longer have the luxury of neutrality or balance, or even bemused disdain.…
“He is an insult to our history”
…“Let us Nobly save, not meanly lose, the last best hope of earth.”