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“Tens of millions of Americans have already announced their options by voting early,” Blue noted in his article in The New York Times.
“For many of us, this day had to come soon, and for many of us we were not entirely sure whether we, or the country or even the world, could hold out during the 4 years of Trump’s presidency.”
He recalled in his memory the results of Trump’s victory in 2016 against his Democratic opponent Hillary Clinton, and how a cloud of depression hung over the faces of those who stood in his way, and he himself did not believe that this was what it really was. it happened.
And the next morning after leaving his home, wandering around the neighborhood, he noticed the silence on people’s faces, and the silence enveloped them as if they were in a haunting nightmare, and there was a great scare that lasted for weeks in the neighborhood and in the country in general, so people donated millions to the efforts of the head of the Green Party, Jill Stein. For a count in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan, but that effort failed.
The writer said that “during the Trump presidency, Americans became aware of the 25th Amendment, which allows the president to be removed from office by his cabinet and deputy if deemed” incapable of fulfilling the powers and duties of office “.
They had Special Counsel Robert Mueller, but in the end he did little, and he didn’t go far enough, and they waited for the impeachment of the president that finally came, but by that time Trump had swallowed up the entire Republican Party, and Republicans became his pets. ” And there was no way to remove him from office, regardless of his guilt, regardless of the damage he had caused.
Therefore, as Blou says, “we all learned on some level to adapt, and some of us prepare for battle by becoming part of what we call resistance.” As for the others who are overwhelmed by the feeling of helplessness and are consumed by it, they have given up and concentrated on things they can control like family love, community work, gardening, cooking and all that. Whatever they can think of to distract themselves from this madness.
He continued: “This new resistance began to intensify its protests, and had the march of women, and had a presence in airports to protest against detained migrants and refugees. Even the protests of” Black lives matter “during the summer were accompanied by resentment of the current political climate.
He added: “But none of these measures had the possibility of removing Trump from office or fundamentally transferring power, but he was building a society among the disaffected, accusing them and showing the strength of the collective spirit of direct action.
And now, finally, after a long wait of years, members of the Resistance and everyone else unhappy with the state of affairs can take a measure that directly affects the president and the authority in Washington, namely “the ability to vote”.
