The following statement was drafted by Ali Wyne, a security fellow with the Truman National Security Project. All of the signatories have signed in their personal capacities. Those who wish to add their names to this statement should contact Ali at awyne@alum.mit.edu.

The 2016 election is shaping up as a truly toxic mix of identity politics, negative campaigning and polarization for profit.

A Letter to Trump Supporters.

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Liberal norms are fragile, and once they start to fray anywhere in our society there is a risk that the decay will spread.

What energizes the Trump phenomenon is the power of “NO!”: people who think the train is about to head off a cliff want to pull the emergency cord that stops the train even if they don’t know what happens next.

The ascent to the presidency of a figure like Trump would require a cascade of institutional failures. Many of these failures have already happened.

Disrupting the speech would be a mistake.