Jennifer Nadel, Co-Director of Compassion in Politics, said:

“Compassion in Politics is calling for an immediate end to the toxic and dishonest campaigning and for the candidates to get down to a constructive debate about the real issues facing this country. The planet is warming, Covid rates rising, and cost-of-living escalating. None of these problems can be addressed while future leaders squabble, bicker, and trade insults.

“From this bruising experience, a better politics has to emerge. So in the final month of this campaign we need to see candidates not only turn the tide of hate but commit to pursuing root-and-branch reform of our political system so that it is built not on conflict and competition but compassion, inclusion, and cooperation.”