I am endorsing Hillary Clinton for
president. I've never endorsed a presidential candidate before, but
I'm making an exception this year, because this election is exceptional.
Donald Trump represents an unprecedented threat to America, and voting for
Hillary is the best way to defend our country against it.
A Trump presidency would be a disaster
for the American
economy. He has no real plan to restore economic growth.
His racist, isolationist policies would
divide our country, and American innovation would suffer. But the man himself is
even more
dangerous
than his policies. He's erratic, abusive, and prone to fits of rage.
He represents a real threat to the
safety of women, minorities, and immigrants, and I believe this reason alone
more than disqualifies him to be president.
My godson’s father, who is Mexican by birth and fears being deported or
worse, is who convinced me to spend a significant amount of time working on
this election at the beginning of this year, when Trump still seemed like an
unlikely possibility.
Trump shows little respect for the
Constitution, the Republic, or for human decency, and I fear for national
security if he becomes our president.
The only two vocal Trump supporters I
am close to are Peter Thiel and my grandma. Peter is a part-time partner
at YC, meaning he spends a small fraction of his time advising YC companies,
does not have a vote in how YC is run, and in his case waives the equity part-time
partners normally get.
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