We are all tired of the politics and the divisions in our nation. It would be wonderful to just sit back and revel in the remarkable wins of the Democratic party across the nation. The people have sent a very loud message to Donald Trump and his minions. While there is reason for celebration we have to keep paying attention to what is happening and it is not looking good.
Since the election pundits and politicians have all weighed in on what happened on November 3, when Texas turned blue and Democrats won almost everywhere. Some said it was a reaction to affordability. Others blamed it on the unwanted war with Iran. There was a rush to simplify the reasons for the tsunami that happened and in the process the reality was cloaked in a host of ideas that do not fully explain the truth of this incredible moment in our history.
The day after the election Trump focused on the ballroom. The following day he signed an executive order that he claims will not allow anyone to ever change the Oval Office embellishments that he has made or any of the other redesigns he has developed. Those responses are a distraction intended to divert our attention from what Trump actually intends to do. On Friday he made an astounding revelation about his goals when he made Stephen Miller his Chief of Staff. While we were celebrating he made it clear that he does not intend to back down from his most abhorrent measures, the ones that we thought we were voting agains.
Stephen Miller is a far right wing agitator who has dreamed of instituting fascists ideals in our government for most of his life. He has been this way since he was in high school. He is the brains behind many of the things that turned the voters of the United States against the Republicans. He has openly stated that even children born in the United States with immigrant parents should not be counted as citizens. If he has his way birthright citizenship will go away. He endorses and encourages the foul treatment that ICE has inflicted on citizens and non-citizens alike across the nation. Stephen Miller would like nothing more than rewriting the Constitution of the United States to eliminate much of the population in favor of a mostly white citizenry.
Trump has blamed everyone but himself for the results of the election. He continues to maintain that things would have been different if his name had been on the ballot. The truth is that the election more than anything was a repudiation of Trump and those who seem to so blindly support him. The message all across the United States was disgust for the daily shredding of the Constitution by Trump and his enablers. The votes were not about a single issue. They were about the audacity of Republicans thinking that they can ram ideas down our throats even if they run counter to what we as citizens believe. We the people saw the unfolding of the sickening plans outlined in the Project 2025 document. We did not like what we saw and so we went to the polls determined to end the nightmare that Trump has forced on us year after year.
I keep haring back to January 6, 2025, a day that will ultimately live in infamy in our history . That should have been the end of the Trump regime but somehow he and the republicans turned the tide and managed to regain power. From the first moment that Trump came back to the White House the horror of his intentions has rattled us and made us wonder if our democratic republic was on the brink of total destruction. If Trump had had his way it would be well on its way to being accomplished.
The America people have protested ICE. They have denounced the idea of having a kinglike president decorating his office in gold in a home that does not belong to him. We have watched him bullying and creating fear to maintain his control over everyone. We have witnessed his lackeys both in Washington D.C. and in our states bowing to his whims. None of it has felt right. He was like a spoiled child destroying everything and everyone that did not please him. All the while the Republicans did nothing to stop him. Thus came the nationwide refusal to blindly support Trump and his party.
The coming weeks and months and even the next two years will be difficult. Trump has told us of his intent to stay the course with the horrors he has concocted. He is defiant as proven with his allegiance to Stephen Miller. His new press secretary is a supporter whose only experience is heading the world of wrestling. The only thing that Trump is serious about is defending his beliefs and his legacy. Thinking that he and the Republicans will work with the Democrats for the good of this nation is a pipe dream that must be faced if we are serious about wanting to save our nation.
The work of the election is only a first step. We the people have to stay the course that we have begun. We must do whatever is needed to defy the rot that has settled into the White House. Trump and Stephen Miller do not want to be friends with anyone who does not bow to their desires. They have a plan and it is not the one that we voted for. it’s important that all of us understand that the big win was only one moment in the effort to save the United States of America. Hopefully all of us have the will to follow through in our desires to uphold the Constitution and prevent the ruination of the ideals that we hold so dear. Ours will not be a sprint but a long run that will challenge us everyday. A government of love knows how to hold those who would destroy us accountable while also working for a long awaited day when the dangers to our nation have finally been halted. That is when everything else we desire will begin to fall into place.
