The Night The Lights Went Out In America
The majority of the voting public who voted just elected a racist, fascist, insurrectionist, rapist, felon, and misogynist as the next president of the United States of America.
The reasons are plentiful. His opponent was a woman, His opponent was black/Indian. His opponent was outspoken and successful. His opponent failed to connect with the average American.
While the opposing campaign centered around women’s rights and the danger of the orange menace, people were tired of high grocery bills, high gas prices, high rent, and high taxes. Since that is their reality, they felt someone different could fix things, after all didn’t he send us checks during Covid?
All of the above caused even the majority of white women to not vote for the first woman president. The truly sad thing is that none of the above addresses what is about to happen.
It has been talked about and documented but seemingly ignored. The blueprint for the government under the newly elected administration will change democracy as we know it. The plan is to restructure the entire government to fit the will of the executive branch. The plan, called Project 25, has never been completely explained to the average voter. Many may have never heard of it, or having no clue what it said have no thoughts regarding it.
Even after much of it vocalized by the newly elected candidate, the press and the majority of America ignored it. The over 900 page document was read by few and understood by less.
The blame for what will follow and the dismantling of our democracy can be placed at the feet of many. The press, the media, the uninformed and misinformed voters, but most of all the Democratic Party.
How many elections lost does it take for a party to wake up to the fact their message is not coming through. The rhetoric has been plentiful, but way above where the people live. The speeches have been powerful, emotional, factual, yet in one ear and out the other.
A good example of this is the idea that the new leader wants to add tariffs to goods coming into the country. The Democrats say but don’t you realize this is like a sales tax on the products you buy? The average American goes “huh”. What the Democrats should have said is you know that car you buy for $35,000? If he puts a tariff on it for $2,000, then you will be paying $37,000 for that car.
When the Department of Education is gone, when the freedoms we take for granted are gone, when voting will no longer be an option, and when the plaque on the Statue of Liberty is removed and the torch extinguished, we will have no one to blame but ourselves.
Democracy is leaving the USA!