The Re-Run That Most of Us Never Asked For

I would say this feels like 2016 all over again, except this feels much worse. I have been trying to figure out how to convey what I’m feeling into words all night and all morning and to say I am deeply saddened, thoroughly disgusted, and extremely terrified would be a gross understatement. Maya Angelou has a famous quote that says if someone shows you who they are, believe them. He showed us who he was, and I believe him. Now the vast majority of American people have showed me who they really are by voting this vile, disgusting, trash human being into office.

Let’s tell the truth right here and right now. It was never about Biden’s age because that man is about to be the oldest President this country has ever had. It’s not about the economy because world renowned economists have said that man’s economic plan for his second term will likely send this country into an economic downward spiral. It’s the racism and misogyny of it all. The people in this supposed great country would rather put a rapist, twice impeached, CONVICTED FELON, in office then elect a more than competent, highly capable woman of color. But y’all want us to just move on from that like it’s nothing.

People chose to put money over human rights. You felt better under Trump’s economy, but apparently you’re forgetting that his economy was the one he inherited from Obama. And because the amazing things Biden did for this economy will only start to take effect and be felt more in the next four years, once again you will be fooled into thinking that somehow it was this man’s economic plan that did it and just disregard what Biden actually did for this country. When your daughters, wives, sisters, and mothers, have their healthcare put in jeopardy because of this man’s stance on women having autonomy over their own bodies, just remember this is what you wanted.

I am worried about mine and my daughter’s rights. I am worried about our healthcare. I am worried about our quality of life being people of color in this country. I am worried about my friends who are also people of color. I am worried about my friends who are in the LGBTQ community that they won’t feel safe anywhere they go. I am worried for my friends who are immigrants or have loved ones in their lives that are immigrants. I am worried about my friends with varying disabilities, that they won’t be able to have the heath care that they not only need but deserve to have. Frankly, I am worried about this country as a whole.

I am a fighter so I know that I will get to a point where I can move past this despair that I feel to my core. However, that is not where I am at today, right now, and in this moment. Today I am feeling discouraged, I am feeling let down, and I am feeling all kinds of betrayed. I am feeling disgusted, I am feeling enraged. And I am going to let myself have these feelings today, hell maybe even tomorrow, or the rest of the week.

That said, the fight is definitely not over, and as the woman who should have been our next President said over the course of her campaign, ‘When we fight we win’ and while that win may not come for another 2 years (mid-term elections for Congress) or even another 4 years, the fight is only just beginning. We have so much more work to do to make this country what it should and could be. Stay strong everyone.

Until next time… #BeStrong #BeBrave #BeDetermined #WhenWeFightWeWin

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