Do you remember who you were & how you spent your time before Trump?
I slept soundly at night knowing our country was in the hands of an intelligent, honorable, capable President. I never worried about what our President would say or do in the face of national tragedy or danger
It wasn’t always puppies and rainbows but I never worried about our relationship with our allies or our position in NATO or our commitment to clean energy and acceptance of climate change.
I never went to bed at night worried about what our President might tweet or do that would endanger national security or align the United States with hostile and dangerous foreign powers.
I was always actively involved in politics, I phone banked for Obama. I never considered myself an “activist,” or die hard Democrat, or concerned about the safety and sanctity of our vote, our democracy or our country.
I was a proud American, raising 2 children to appreciate the freedoms availed to its citizens that were sacred, amazing & unlike other countries.
Religious freedom.
Marital freedom.
Freedom of the press.
A country created by immigrants that flourished because of immigrants.
I now know that Trump was a symptom of what is broken and corrupt in America. The greedy, racist, intolerant, @GOP is the cause.
I will never again take these things for granted.
I will resist.
I will vote.
I will fight.
EVERYONE MUST VOTE IN NOVEMBER.
VOTE!
Many of us, while accomplished athletes in our sport, were living away from home for the first time. College is a time of great personal growth, responsibility & awareness. As athletes we encountered many different staffers, besides teachers and administrators.
Athletes had to attend study halls with proctors and other staff to make sure we maintained grades and our athletic status. We were constantly around other adults & staff whom we were told were there to help us succeed and compete.
I honestly thought (regardless of 2A, religion, abortion issues), that colluding & conspiring with a hostile foreign government and a dictator who regularly chooses murder over democracy, would sink Trump and cause the GOP to act.
That the appointments of inept, corrupt & complicit cabinet members who also committed perjury, would cause even a Republican Congress was to take notice and action.
That a “president” who cannot speak, spell or engage appropriately with world leaders/American allies would not cause concern & outrage with the vast majority of Americans and Congress.